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Mit ihren beiden besten Freundinnen fährt Heather nach ihrem College-Abschluss von Paris nach Amsterdam, sie ist vertieft in Hemingway und dann taucht Jack auf. Der Moment, in dem Heather und Jack sich begegnen, ist magisch. Der charmante junge Mann aus Vermont ist genau wie Heather durch Europa unterwegs. Er folgt einer Reiseroute seines Großvaters, die in einem Tagebuch dokumentiert ist. Die Wochen werden zur schönsten Zeit in Heathers Leben.

Heather Mulgrew's world is already mapped out: She is going to travel abroad with her friends after college, come back to a great career in September, and head into a life where not much is left to chance. But that was before an encounter on an overnight train introduces her to Jack, a passionate adventurer who changes the course of her journey and her life. Throwing Heather's careful itinerary to the wind, they follow Jack's grandfather's journal through post-World War II era Europe: Vienna, Budapest, Turkey - exotic places that serve only to heighten their feelings.

Kate Moreton is in Ireland on sabbatical from her teaching position at Dartmouth College when she meets Ozzie Ferriter, a fisherman and a veteran of the American war in Afghanistan. The Ferriter family history dates back centuries on the remote Blasket Islands, and Ozzie - a dual citizen of Ireland and the United States - has retreated to the one place that might offer him peace from a war he cannot seem to leave behind.

En smuk og rørende roman om Heather, der har planlagt sin fremtid ned til mindste detalje. Hun er netop blevet færdig på college og skal rejse rundt udenlands med et par veninder, inden hun skal starte nyt job. Men da hun tilfældigt møder Jack i en togvogn i Europa, ændres alle hendes nøje tilrettelagte planer. Jack er et par år ældre end Heather, og hans rejseplan er at følge sin bedstefars dagbog, hvilket fører ham tilfældigt rundt til smukke, romantiske storbyer som Wien, Budapest, Istanbul. Heather følger med ham, og de forelsker sig i hinanden.