A powerful story of love emerges from a devastating war in ilona cole's renzdezvous / frankfurt. This engaging love story and memoir is a portrait of two different people brought together by unusual circumstances, destined to spend a * of happiness and bliss in each other's arms. The story begins in 1948, post world war ii, as a young woman who unwillingly witnessed her world crumble right before her very eyes due to the devastation of war. Her hometown completely destroyed, she starts her new life working for the american northern area command headquarters. Little did she know that fate would bring a handsome, young american soldier to frankfurt, at the same command headquarters where their fifty-year love story would begin. Rendezvous / frankfurt follows the couple through the ongoing stages of their lives.