Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
In the romantic
tradition of The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe, #1 New York Times
bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a story about a chance
encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different individuals
-- transcending decades, continents, and the bittersweet workings of
fate.
Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At thirty-six, she's been dating
her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding
plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides
to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina,
to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about
her future.
Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina but is summoned
to Sunset Beach by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. A
safari guide, born and raised in Zimbabwe, Tru hopes to unravel some of
the mysteries surrounding his mother's early life and recapture memories
lost with her death. When the two strangers cross paths, their
connection is as electric as it is unfathomable . . . but in the
immersive days that follow, their feelings for each other will give way
to choices that pit family duty against personal happiness in
devastating ways.
Illuminating life's heartbreaking regrets and enduring
hope, EVERY BREATH explores the many facets of love that lay claim to
our deepest loyalties -- and asks the question, How long can a dream
survive?
This is a beautifully told story but for some reason it didn't really grab me. (I even stopped and read another book before I came back to it and finished it.) Maybe I just wasn't convinced enough about the events. Maybe I need to read The Notebook and see what the fuss is about! Definitely a good escapism book for holiday reading though.
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