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.
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.
My Thoughts
This book is quintessential Sparks and to be honest a good percentage of the book was a tad drawn out and boring for me. Although, I can say that I like the premise of the book with the letters in the mailbox on Sunset Beach.
I love the scenes that took place in Africa, they were breathtaking in detail and awe.
I hoped from the beginning that Tru and Hope would end up together from the very beginning, but that wouldn't make for a good Sparks tale now would it?
Drink Selection
A perfect southern drink to go with the beach and sunsets would be a Mint Julep. Delish, am I right?
Rating
About Nicholas
Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. All of his books have been New York Times
bestsellers, with over 105 million copies sold worldwide, in more than
50 languages, including over 75 million copies in the United States
alone.
Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), and The Longest Ride (2013) as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. His eighteenth novel, See Me, published on October 12, 2015. His newest book, Two by Two, will be published on October 4, 2016.
Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars.
In
2012, Sparks and his publishing agent and creative partner Theresa
Park, launched Nicholas Sparks Productions, with Park as President of
Production. A film version of The Guardian is currently in
development, as is a film based on Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers’s
friendship with Chicago Bears teammate Brian Piccolo.
Sparks lives
in North Carolina. He contributes to a variety of local and national
charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program
(MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships,
internships, and a fellowship annually. He co-founded The Epiphany
School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006. As a former full scholarship
athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of
Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes
at the local public high school. In 2009, the team he coached at New
Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4 x400 meter,
in New York. The record still stands. Click to watch the Runner’s World video with Nicholas.
The Nicholas Sparks Foundation,
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to improving cultural and international
understanding through global education experiences for students of all
ages was launched in 2011. Between the foundation, and the personal
gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been
distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects.
Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the
foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs.
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