K.d. Groethe

The Last Time He Saw April K.d. Groethe

During a snowy, 1947 March afternoon, sophomore Dane Halden watches from an empty study hall window as his friends, April and Adam, make out in Adam's car during lunch hour. Alone with his thoughts, Dane speaks of both. This is: The Last Time He Saw April. Until- The story returns to the summer of 1946, setting the stage for April and Adam's romance. After many loving days, weeks and months-Together Forever, their most whispered endearment-April moves to Connecticut to live with relatives. The end? Conceivably . . . After high school, April marries twice, moves to New York and inherits a successful music business. Her one child, Jonathan, becomes a rock megastar. Paralleling April's life, Adam joins the USAF, meets and marries his English love, Jillian, after being stationed at RAF Sealand, near Chester. Like many GI marriages, theirs' sadly ends in divorce. After university, Adam becomes a professor at a Minnesota college. Fate takes charge. In 1964 April and Adam meet in New York. Are their feelings still alive? Did they renew their relationship? If so, are they happy? Are friends truly friends? What about the boy in the window? All comes to light while visiting this narrative.