For five years, young Pearl hid the terrible and sad truth from Leonard, her small and defenseless son. For five years she hid and avoided people. But everything is in vain. One day, Pearl disappeared, and five-year-old Leonard was left alone. However, not alone - with Mitch. They make up a strange and paradoxical couple: a young successful businessman and a five-year-old boy whose head is full of strange thoughts. Together they will have to go all the way to the end, find out what happened to Pearl and what happened to them. “Love in the Present Tense” is a fascinating, touching and tough novel about human love, which is boundless in time and space. Is it possible to love someone you barely remember? Can someone who has not been around for a long time love you? And does true and selfless love exist? This is what the book is about, which is called the most honest and exciting novel about love.