The Last Time They Met

When poets Linda Fallon and Thomas Janes encounter each other at a writers' festival in Toronto, it is the first time they have seen one another in twenty-six years. The novel then unfolds in reverse chronological order, tracing the story of their obsessive and tragic love. The narrative moves backward through time, from their meeting at age fifty-two to their passionate, brief affair in Kenya at age twenty-six, and finally back to their first fateful encounter as teenagers in Massachusetts. The structure meticulously explores how a single choice or word can resonate across a lifetime, ultimately unfolding a haunting story of enduring passion, loss, and the nature of a life not lived, culminating in an astonishing final revelation.

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