If I Forget You: A Novel

If I Forget You: A Novel

<p>"Thomas Christopher Greene's <i>If I Forget You</i> is the most moving and beautifully-written love story I've read since <i>Cold Mountain.</i>"—Howard Frank Mosher, author of <i>God's Kingdom</i><br /><b></b><br /><b>Two former lovers reconnect in this beautiful and haunting tale of great lost love from the critically acclaimed author of <i>The Headmaster's Wife</i></b></p><p>Deeply affecting and compulsively readable, <i>The Headmaster's Wife</i> was a breakout book for Thomas Christopher Greene. Now, Greene returns with a beautifully written, emotional new novel perfect for his growing audience.</p><p>Twenty-one years after they were driven apart by circumstances beyond their control, two former lovers have a chance encounter on a Manhattan street. What follows is a tense, suspenseful exploration of the many facets of enduring love. Told from altering points of view through time, <i>If I Forget You</i> tells the story of Henry Gold, a poet whose rise from poverty embodies the American dream, and Margot Fuller, the daughter of a prominent, wealthy family, and their unlikely, star-crossed love affair, complete with the secrets they carry when they find each other for the second time. </p><p>Written in lyrical prose<i>, If I Forget You</i> is at once a great love story, a novel of marriage, manners, and family, a meditation on the nature of art, a moving elegy to what it means to love and to lose, and how the choices we make can change our lives forever.</p>