Every Day: A Novel Book

In the rare moments when Leigh Adelman has time to consider her chaotic life, it takes her breath away: it's filled with three wonderful children and Simon, a devoted husband and father. Leigh's suburban New York life is fourteen years distant from her first love, an electric adventure that produced her first child -- and taught her that even all-consuming passion doesn't mean happily ever after. That intense, hopeful time had slowly receded to a remote corner of her heart...until the summer morning when Fowler popped back into her life.

Unfinished business compels Leigh to see the brilliant, uncompromising Fowler. And as soon as she hears his voice she understands that she has always loved him. But this rendezvous turns out to be less about first love than it is about a last chance. For it is clear that Fowler is dying.

Honest, moving and utterly authentic, Every Day is about testing the boundaries of love, and living with the often messy consequences. For anyone who has ever daydreamed about the past, or silently wondered what if, this unforgettable novel rings with one essential truth: the toughest choices yield the most unexpected rewards.

A love story for and about real adults, Every Day touches the same chords as did Sleepless in Seattle and The Bridges of Madison County. It has been 14 years since Leigh Adelman saw Fowler. Now he's back, disturbing the sanctity of Leigh's happy home life. Honest, moving, and utterly authentic, Every Day is a story about testing the boundaries of love--and living with its often messy consequences. Movie rights sold to Warner Bros. 256 pp. Print ads. Media publicity. 125,000 print. (General Fiction)