This is a romance novel about two men who had served in the Vietnam War as teenagers. They had been best friends since they were kids, and years after the war, they realized they had feelings for one another beyond a lifelong friendship. The author seems to have made this a reimagining of the Gordon Lightfoot song about the ship Edmond Fitzgerald (which is why I was drawn to it). While the story was a bit predictable at times and the amount of descriptions of people smoking was a little overdone, it seemed well-researched and the depictions of PTSD realistic. This was an enjoyable read.