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"Nothing begins as we think it should start—nothing continues the way we had planned and no one knows how it will end."

At thirty-six, Paul Ballard is a handsome college professor who has captivated, if unwittingly, more than one coed; their attentions mean little to him. He is also detached from the turmoil of the 1960s. In his New England farmhouse he lives a quiet life of intellectual endeavor. But one student, Elizabeth Sieverdsen, brims with the certainty of youth. Her beauty and intellect captivate Ballard, and they become lovers. Then, separated by a sudden accident, they part. She leaves America, keeper of a painful secret, and the letters they write to each other are never sent. Yet years later they will meet again-and discover how difficult it sometimes is to leave the past behind.

Among the nation's most accomplished writers, Nicholas Delbanco now embraces the romantic novel with this supremely moving tale of passion begun in distrust and, after many years, reborn in true devotion.