A lifetime ago, Ellie Lipton closed a chapter in her heart when family pressure and society expectations forced her first true love to return to his native Russia. Half a century after the Cold War ended their young romance, Dmitri Kuznekov is now a celebrated playwright visiting Washington, D.C. for the American debut of his latest drama at National Theatre.

On the pretense of offering congratulations, Ellie gives in to her curiosity about whether she has been the only one with conflicted emotions. Though Dmitri confesses that she has never been far from his fondest dreams, theirs is a reunion not without the challenge of even more dangerous obstacles. After navigating the choices and outcomes which Fate respectively scripted for them a world apart, is a second chance at happiness finally within reach...or just a book of memories which best remains closed?