NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling author Susan Isaacs comes a rich family saga about marriage wealth and celebrity in the midst of personal tragedy--and about the ties that bind us together and the missed opportunities that tear us apart. Nick is stunningly handsome the blue-eyed scion of a blue-blood New York family. Rich talented confident he will become the world s most famous movie star. Jane is delightfully funny a dark-skinned dark-haired half-Jewish half-German daughter of the Midwest. Smart gifted loving she will become famous in her own right as well. From the time they first meet in their Social and Intellectual History of the U.S. course at Brown University it s love at first sight. Coming together from two very different worlds they will cast off adversity and disapproval to forge a life filled with work love and children. But fame and success come at a high price--their marriage. Just when it seems the promise of their love might be renewed an accident leaves Jane hovering between life and death. Now it s not only their union that might not survive but Jane too... Almost Paradise is vintage Susan Isaacs a witty poignant and engrossing tale of a man a woman and a passion wondrous heartbreaking and unforgettable.