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NOTHING FORGOTTEN

In Nothing Forgotten, Anna is reliving a tense argument with her husband when she receives an unexpected email from the Italian lover she knew decades before. Her marriage is soon destabilized, and the story moves us back to her youth.

After graduating from college in 1979, Anna fled her alcoholic mother, determined to become a citizen of the world—to have lovers, travel, immerse herself in the history of literature and art, and live a passionate life away from her painful childhood.

She moved to Rome and found a job teaching English at a language school where she had an affair with Sergio, the school administrator, although he was already engaged. Anna wrestled with her conscience until she let him go. When Sergio contacts her thirty years later, she has the opportunity to reconsider the choices she once made.

Nothing Forgotten is a moving story about a mother's regret and a love transcending time, space, and conventional morality.

 ACCOLADES

Winner Next Generation Indie Book Award, Category Second Novel

Finalist Next Generation Indie Book Award, Category General Fiction

First Place, General Fiction, NCPA (Northern California Publishers Association)

Merit, CIPA EVVY Book Award, Category Women’s Fiction

REVIEWS

"A vivid travelogue . . . reminded me of the Italian television series . . . that proved compulsively engrossing, 'The Best of My Youth,' . . . delicious insights into Italian life."
— San Francisco Chronicle

"Fans of Emma Straub, Anne Tyler, and Liane Moriarty will adore Levine's treatment of domestic drama . . . . Immersing the reader in Roman decadence and San Francisco's modernity, Nothing Forgotten is an intricately layered, deeply heartfelt, and bittersweet novel."
— Booklist, Starred Review

“. . . an example of women's fiction at its best. Its exploration of history, memory, family, and the particular struggles of women looking for experiences and love is enjoyable, memorable, and thought-provoking all at once.”
— Foreward, Rebecca Hussey

“If you’ve ever dreamed of having an Italian romance, Jessica Levine’s Nothing Forgotten is the next best thing . . . and maybe better . . .”
— Laura Fraser, author of An Italian Affair

"A richly detailed story of passion and failure, deception and honesty, with anticipation and nostalgia. It is about making hard choices and living with those decisions, and the twisted ties that hold a family together."
— Story Circle Book Reviews

“Levine expertly crafts a sense of place in late twentieth century Rome. With unexpected plot twists and no easy answers, Nothing Forgotten concludes with a satisfying mix of love, loss, pleasure, and pain.”
— Barbara Stark-Nemon, author of Even in Darkness

“Passionate, impulsive, mystical, Anna tells her tale of romance in Italy and the impossible choices made for love with the frank intimacy of a best friend. Consuming and thought-provoking; I couldn't put it down!”
— Micah Perks, author of What Becomes Us