The story is beautiful. It begins with a boy and a girl, three years apart in age, who are meant to be together forever. They are each half of a whole. That's just how strongly connected they are throughout their whole lives. Circumstances arise that separate them while they're still children. They reconnect when they're just beginning their adulthood. They are both artists, she's an actress and he's a painter. The connection remains between them, just as powerful as ever.

A sister, a manipulative lover, a parent, a war, and alcohol all contribute, at various points, to hinder the young lovers' efforts to be together. The storyline runs for several decades and is told in phrases, quotations from poetry, and some normal sentences and paragraphs. The author's writing style is unique and beautiful. Throughout the entire book, it was like having a series of paintings being presented to me, while the artist still held the brush and the paint was not yet dry. This story, like a painting that takes one's breath away, held me in its charms.