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Book Description:
Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. Missy had been his first love, and Miles fervently believes she will be his last. As a deputy sheriff in the North Carolina town of New Bern, Miles Ryan not only grieves for Missy, but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice.
Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews. The second grade teacher of his son, Jonah, Sarah had left Baltimore after a difficult divorce to start over in the gentler surroundings of New Bern. Perhaps it is her own emotional wounds that make her sensitive to the hurt she first sees in Jonah's eyes, and then his father's. Tentatively, Sarah and Miles reach out to each other. Soon they are both laughing for the first time in years...and falling in love.
Neither will be able to guess how closely linked they are to a shocking secret-one that will force them to question everything they ever believed in...and make a heartbreaking choice that will change their lives forever.
In A BEND IN THE ROAD Nicholas Sparks writes with a luminous intensity about life's bitter turns and incomparable sweetness. His affirming message carries a powerful lesson about the imperfections of being human, the mistakes we all make, and the joy that comes when we give ourselves to love.
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- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( S ) >> Sparks, Nicholas
- Romance >> General
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Top Member Reviews
Janis K. (Nicholas Sparks took a simple plot and turned it into a captivating novel. It is absolutely heartwrenching.
Stacy H. (Miles life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident. He still rises each morning to take care of his young son and carries out his duties as deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, but its all in a numb and hopeless haze. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, who is rebuilding her own life. Slowly, their newfound love starts to soothe the pain of the past. But when a devastating secret is revealed, they start questioning everything they ever believed in. Sparks previous hardcover, The Rescue (Warner Books, 9/00), was a #1 New York Times bestseller and remained on the list for 14 weeks. It has 912,000 hardcover copies in print. A New York Times hardcover bestseller for 56 weeks and paperback bestseller for 58, Nicholas Sparks debut novel, The Notebook (Warner, 1996), has over three million copies in hardcover and paperback print combined. The film rights have been optioned by New Line. Message in a Bottle has more than 2.5 million copies in hardcover and paperback print combined, and was a New York Times bestseller for a total of 33 weeks in all. The 1999 film starred Robin Wright Penn and Kevin Costner. A Walk to Remember (Warner, 10/99), which has more than 2.5 million copies in combined print, was an instant New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback. Denise DiNovi (Message in a Bottle, Heathers, Practical Magic) of Warner Bros. will produce the film, which is currently in development.
Deputy Sheriff Miles Ryan is obsessed with finding his wife's hit and run killer. A big surprise ending! I enjoyed this tremendously.
Donna V.
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Simple story, complex characters. Wonderful book. One of my Sparks favorites
This was one of my favorite books by Nicholas Sparks. You will need tissues for this book just like you need tissues for most of his other books.
Aliscyn D. from MCKEESPORT, PA wrote on 8/13/2008...ANY BOOK SO FAR I READ BY SPARKS HAS BEEN EXCELLENT THIS IS NO EXCEPTION YOU MAY NEED TISSUES!!
Great story.
Twists you don't expect and others you can see coming but still keep your interest anyways.
A good story of love and respect and secrets.
Will hook you and keep you there until the very end.
Brooke G. (It is Sparks, so it is a sweet, lite read. It is not his best, but I definitely place it well above "Message in a Bottle".
It is what it is. Sweet, predictable, easy fiction for women
Liane M. (My favorite Nicholas Sparks book. Full of twists and pulls the heart strings.
I love Nichols Sparks...great book...
Alexandra G. (This was an amazing book! Its one of those books you literally cannot put down and you dont want to. Its a must read!
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