Bobbie Lamont

Twenty years after briefly dating Miller Hoffman during the summer of 1990 while staying with her aunt in Birmingham, Alabama, Bobbie Lamont has become a successful but troubled woman who has given up on love. And then she learns that Miller has written a novel inspired by their relationship. Reading it will unlock memories and gave her the courage to take another chance at love.

For most people, going to college is the beginning of their lives away from their parents, when they search for the meaning of their lives. Not so for Bobbie Lamont, who chooses to stay at home with her parents instead of moving away. After graduating from Saint. Augustine Academy for Girls and then falling in love with Malcolm Pryce, Bobbie was ready for the next stage of her life, attending college at Tulane University. Once again, her only friend is Billie Carver, who is also attending Tulane.

It is the summer of 1990 and Bobbie Lamont has graduated from Tulane University, believing that her relationship with Lawrence Harris, her English professor, would enter a new phase. Instead, just moments after receiving her diploma, he broke up with her. Bobbie decides to spend some time in Birmingham, Alabama with her Aunt Gina before she moves to New York City, where a new job and an apartment are waiting for her. She meets Miller Hoffman, a 17-year-old, bright, but troubled young man, three days before the Fourth of July, and her life changes.