Thomas is a seventeen-year-old who doesn't want to grow up and has little aspirations for anything beyond standing outside the local liquor store and getting drunk. But when he meets Bernard, the old, aging, and well known fag artist, he is offered something he cannot turn down.

Seven years later, Thomas and Bernard are finally reunited in Paris. This is the Epilogue they have waited for, but the dream they have shared comes in many different forms. From New Jersey to Paris, and then back again, their fairy tale ending becomes a reality. — This is an added section to the first book, The Dove Keeper. It will be followed by a sequel, The Rainbow. Please see thedovekeeper.com for more details.

Bernard and Thomas return to New Jersey to restart their lives together, only to find that there are many more people who await and welcome their arrival. From Vivian and her teenage daughter Cassandra, Bernard’s brother Marc, his wife Alexa, their entourage of children, and the elusive Jasmine, many more faces arrive and disappear as the two artists search for lost time. They struggle with the world and one another, trying to answer the question: how can we be free if we’re all irrevocably linked? Tout ce qui n’est past donne est perdu. \—- Status: complete Word count: 584 500