Gillian Forrester seems to be doomed by fate to constantly choose one of the two.Career or art?New York, with its frenzied pace of life and professional opportunities, or bohemian sunny San Francisco, which attracts the soul?Charming Chris Matthews, who has repeatedly demonstrated his frivolity and inconstancy, or the not so charismatic, but loyal and noble Gordon Hart?Again and again, she makes difficult choices, tormented by doubts, and again the past catches up with her, and again it seems to Gillian that she made a mistake.How to distinguish passion from love, and intuition from self–deception? How do I know if I can enter the same river twice? And what awaits Gillian at the end of her difficult journey?..Previously, the book was published in Russian translation under the title "The Return".