Tom will have to decide once and for all whether to remain stuck in the past, or finally begin living in the present. As painful memories of his past and the erratic behavior of the Society's watchful leader threaten to derail his new life and romance, the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him. Unfortunately for Tom, the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: Never fall in love. Tom has lived history-performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. And on his first day at school, he meets a captivating French teacher at his school who seems fascinated by him. A book with no words.” Tom Hazard has just moved back to London, his old home, to settle down and become a high school history teacher. “A quirky romcom dusted with philosophical observations….A delightfully witty…poignant novel.” - The Washington Post “She smiled a soft, troubled smile and I felt the whole world slipping away, and I wanted to slip with it, to go wherever she was going… I had existed whole years without her, but that was all it had been. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.
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