Later that summer, Sheila, chief editor of the Harvard University Press, is, encouraged by her best friend Margo, tempted by the possibility of an affair with a British professor whose book she has been editing.

As Robert Beckwith is bringing Jean-Claude to the airport to return to France, the boy suddenly falls ill and is hospitalized.

The film starred Martin Sheen as Robert Beckwith, Blythe Danner as Sheila Beckwith, Craig T. Nelson as Bernie Ackerman, David Hemmings as Gavin Wilson, and Maureen Anderman as Margo.

[2][3] A Pakistani adaptation of this novel, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, was released in 1983 starring Shabnam and Javed Sheikh.

Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, a 1998 Bollywood film starring Salman Khan and Twinkle Khanna was also an adaption of this novel.