Description: In his enthralling new novel, Schwartz tells a story as old as romance itself with heart-stopping freshness and immediacy. As Julian and Claire, a star-crossed couple, find and lose and seek each other again, Claire shows the complexity of romantic love and the openness and courage that it requires.
Review Quotes: "Rich, passionate prose that echoes the intense feeling between young lovers." --Chicago Tribune
"In this age of glorious literary excess, of high conceptualizing and big novelizing, it takes some courage to write a simple love story. . . . John Burnham Schwartz takes the risk in his third novel, writing spare, elegant prose." --The New York Times Book Review "You'll want to finish this most seductive book in one sitting. Don't. Put it down and let it color your dreamscape. The characters are that vivid, the book so wise you will be moved and enriched." --Frank McCourt "A beautifully told love story." --Harper's Bazaar