

NOTE: This edition has been expanded and substantially edited. A man struggling with grief.Īs Derek reads through his childhood diary, he realizes what Nick was to him, still is today, and yet might be … But Nick isn’t that seventeen-year-old rebel anymore. Weeks before Derek’s engagement party, a chance meeting with Nick catapults Derek into the past. Nick was Derek’s neighbor … and first love. When she drops Derek’s childhood journal on his lap, he’s forced to remember the name he’s been trying to forget since he was twelve years old. His fiancé Nathan wonders why Derek hasn’t taken any interest in their wedding planning, and Aunt Fran - his spiritual guru - would like to know when her guilt-tripping nephew became a kept boy.

At a Glance: Throughout the whole book, the author manages to alternate between past and present effortlessly, and the result is stunning!īlurb: Quiet and imaginative, Derek O’Reilly spends a lot of time watching a movie in his head.
