Eben Adams is a young painter in Depression-era New York just looking to make a living. His work has thus far left influential art dealers unimpressed. Then Eben happens upon a young schoolgirl named Jennie in Central Park. Intrigued by her mystical quality and her knowledge of things that happened well before her time, Eben begins to sketch a portrait of the young girl. The drawing turns out to be the most emotional piece Eben has ever done, and he finally gets the boost in his career he's been seeking. But before he can finish the portrait, Jennie vanishes.
Saddened by the loss of his muse, he begins to scour the city for her, and when he does find her again, he is shocked to discover that she has aged several years since their last meeting. Who is this girl, and where did she come from?
This supernatural love story is a masterpiece of modern fantasy.
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“So brilliant is Nathan’s execution that one is
entirely lost in the tender love story of two immortally designed for each
other, one a spirit out of the past seeking to catch up with the present, the
other a man rooted in the present and caught in an urgency to accept the gift
of the past…Portrait of Jennie will
perhaps most vividly recall Balderston’s Berkeley
Square, for, like that, it is a love story that transcends the boundaries
of time. It is told with tenderness and with beauty. Its mood lingers in the
heart, and its planes challenge the mind.”
—
New York Times