After the Dancing Days

American soldiers return from the war, maimed and scarred, to people who want only to ignore them and preserve heroic notions of warfare. Annie's father continues to work as a doctor with the worst of the wounded, the new lepers, and Annie fights her initial revulsion and visits and talks with the men. Her friendship with one man and what they learn from each other is the core of this powerful story set firmly after the first world war, but clearly echoing more recent events.