“An absorbing story . . . Golden knows how to pique our interest . . . Vivid characters and strong storytelling.” —The Washington Post

“Keenly detailed . . . compelling . . . Author Golden proves his stripes as a historian, detailing the lovers’ brief bliss in prewar Greenwich Village, separating them for their individual battles during the war, and reuniting them in a skillfully evoked postwar Paris . . . The love story is epic and truly felt. Fascinating, complex.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Each setting is recreated with a socially conscious eye, from the horrifying racism of the Jim Crow South to the Greenwich Village art scene to postwar Paris, whose residents’ emotional suffering hasn’t dimmed their appreciation for beauty. Julian and Kendall are independent, courageous people who grow over time, and their story feels undeniably romantic.” —Booklist

“Glenna and Gordon’s romance rises and falls with the familiar but engrossing tempo of reckless, youthful passion.” —Publishers Weekly

“Golden draws a vivid portrait of the Cold War era, but it is the complex and unexpected connection between Holocaust survivors and their descendants that turns this book into a page-turner.” —RT Book Reviews

“Both heartbreaking and mesmerizing.” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours

“Stirring and romantic, a sweeping novel about first loves and second chances.” —Sarah Pekkanen, author of The Opposite of Me

“An absorbing, intelligent novel about retracing one’s steps to recover what was lost, and about coming to terms with the mistakes of the past in order to rediscover a future. Peter Golden reminds us that going back is sometimes the only way to move ahead.” —Elizabeth Brundage, author of A Stranger Like You and The Doctor’s Wife