Pe puntea vasului care o poarta spre un sat indepartat, la inmormantarea fostului ei iubit, Adele, o femeie matura, care se ocupa de orologii vechi, il cunoaste pe Jeremy, un barbat mai tanar decat ea, care viseaza sa devina cantaret de jazz. Cum definesti fericirea? il intreaba ea. Asa incepe dialogul lor despre iubire, timp, varsta... Auzise povestea despre oameni care se intalnisera in momente bune si in momente nefericite, oameni care se iubeau cu o dragoste tihnita, despre cei care gandisera ca la inceput, am ratat totul; si pe urma... Mi-a facut nemaipomenit de bine sa scriu acest roman. Daca si oamenilor le va face bine sa-l citeasca, voi fi extraordinar de fericit! - Marc Levy. On the deck of the ship that takes her to a distant village, to the funeral of her ex-boyfriend, Adele, a mature woman who deals with old watches, meets Jeremy, a man younger than her, who dreams of becoming a jazz singer. How do you define happiness? she asks him. This is how their dialogue about love, time, age begins... He had heard the story about people who had met in good times and in unhappy times, people who loved each other with a quiet love, about those who had thought that at the beginning, we missed everything; and then... It was incredibly good for me to write this novel. If it will be good for people to read it, I will be extremely happy! - Marc Levy
