We all like to believe in the constancy of love. And then along comes Ann Brashares to take the concept to a whole new level.
Her latest novel, "My Name Is Memory," is about a young man who is probably the most constant lover in all of literature.
Daniel Grey, 21st-century high school senior, is blessed -- if that's what you want to call it -- with "the memory," an ability to remember all of his past lives and loves.
And he has spent life after life falling in love with the same young woman, over and over again. Of course, without "the memory," the young woman doesn't realize this. This can be a bit alarming when, for instance, he calls you Sophia when your name is actually Lucy.
But Lucy feels a deep, disturbing tremor of recognition, and there goes the book, bouncing through the ages, from 552 Asia Minor to 1918 England to 899 Crete to 2006 Virginia, young man pursuing young woman, always the same young woman.
Brashares is the author of the wildly popular "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series, which spent an incredible five years on the New York Times bestseller list and was published in nearly 50 countries.
She'll be here in the Twin Cities this week to talk about her new book, and to sign autographs.
LAURIE HERTZEL
