Daniel and Natasha Across Ten Years

The Sun is Also a Star

The lovers attempt long-distance contact, grow into separate adult lives, and remain connected by a memory that eventually becomes a reunion.

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Promises in the Cab Promises in the Cab from "The Sun is Also a Star". A Future Promised Plans Spoken Daniel and Natasha imagine calls, messages, and visits despite knowing that distance will be difficult.

Promises in the Cab from "The Sun is Also a Star". A Future Promised Plans Spoken Daniel and Natasha imagine calls, messages, and visits despite knowing that distance will be difficult.

A Future Promised Plans Spoken Daniel and Natasha imagine calls, messages, and visits despite knowing that distance will be difficult. Love Made Explicit Natasha tells Daniel she loves him, but neither can make the departure disappear.

Messages Continue Messages Continue from "The Sun is Also a Star". Staying in Touch Digital Contact They exchange emails, calls, and texts after Natasha settles in Jamaica.

Messages Continue from "The Sun is Also a Star". Staying in Touch Digital Contact They exchange emails, calls, and texts after Natasha settles in Jamaica.

Staying in Touch Digital Contact They exchange emails, calls, and texts after Natasha settles in Jamaica. Separate Daily Lives School, work, and practical obligations gradually make sustained intimacy harder to maintain.

Different Adulthoods Different Adulthoods from "The Sun is Also a Star". Growing Apart Natasha’s New Home Natasha studies, works, makes friends, and learns to love the place she had once left.

Different Adulthoods from "The Sun is Also a Star". Growing Apart Natasha’s New Home Natasha studies, works, makes friends, and learns to love the place she had once left.

Growing Apart Natasha’s New Home Natasha studies, works, makes friends, and learns to love the place she had once left. Daniel’s Chosen Education Daniel declines Yale, studies English at Hunter College, and keeps writing poems shaped by their lost day.

Memory Changes Shape Memory Changes Shape from "The Sun is Also a Star". The Day Reconsidered Natasha’s Doubt Natasha begins to think she romanticized their first love and no longer trusts her memory of Daniel.

Memory Changes Shape from "The Sun is Also a Star". The Day Reconsidered Natasha’s Doubt Natasha begins to think she romanticized their first love and no longer trusts her memory of Daniel.

The Day Reconsidered Natasha’s Doubt Natasha begins to think she romanticized their first love and no longer trusts her memory of Daniel. Daniel’s Patience Daniel still imagines that their universe may be taking longer to form, though he cannot know whether reunion will come.

Ten-Year Reunion Ten-Year Reunion from "The Sun is Also a Star". Recognition in Midair Irene Connects the Past Irene approaches Natasha and tells her that a thank-you message helped save her life.

Ten-Year Reunion from "The Sun is Also a Star". Recognition in Midair Irene Connects the Past Irene approaches Natasha and tells her that a thank-you message helped save her life.

Recognition in Midair Irene Connects the Past Irene approaches Natasha and tells her that a thank-you message helped save her life. Daniel Appears Daniel speaks Natasha’s name from the next seat; she recognizes him, turning an uncertain memory into a present encounter.

late evening, on the ride to the airport

the first months after Natasha reaches Jamaica

the years after the first separation

several years before their reunion

ten years after they first meet, aboard a flight