The Wish, Nicholas Sparks
The Wish, Nicholas Sparks
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The Wish

Bestseller

Author: Nicholas Sparks

Narrator: Mela Lee, Will Collyer

Unabridged: 11 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2021

Synopsis

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Notebook and A Walk to Remember, an emotionally poignant novel about the enduring legacy of first love–and the decisions that haunt us forever.
 
Sent away at sixteen, Maggie Dawes could think only of the friends and family she left behind . . . until she met Bryce Trickett. Bryce showed her how much there was to love about the wind-swept beach town and introduced her to photography, a passion that would define the rest of her life.

By 2019, Maggie is a renowned travel photographer. Unexpectedly grounded over Christmas and struggling to come to terms with a medical diagnosis, she finds herself becoming dependent on her young assistant.

As they count down the last days of the season together, she tells him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier—and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined.

About Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Charles Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska in December 1965. He is an American novelist primarily, but has also developed into a screen - writer and producer of films. He is an Alumni of the University of Note Dame, and is recently separated from wife, Cathy. They have five children.

At 19, Sparks was inspired to begin writing by a comment his Mother made to him. After writing two early novels, Sparks sought to attend law school, but was rejected. He tried several other careers in the next three years before co-authoring a book that only sold 50,000 copies the first year. It was not until moving to Washington, DC in 1993, that he wrote his most famous and celebrated novel, The Notebook. The novel was discovered by a literary agent who found it in her agencies "slush pile". In 1996, The Notebook made the New York Times best-selling listing the first week it was released.

Sparks has had several international best-sellers and several have been adapted to film: Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, The Lucky One, Safe Haven, and The Best of Me.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marisa on April 05, 2021

This book is VINTAGE Nicholas sparks - full of damn good story telling, characters you fall in love with, and backstories that break your heart. Hard to believe that Sparks has been writing for 25 years and just keeps getting better and better. I love when Sparks uses the “story within a story” lite......more

Goodreads review by Kezia on October 18, 2021

Sparks: You will cry. Me: Wow, so confident. Well challenge accepted! Also me by the end of the book: *Uncontrollably sobbing* I’m never going to recover from this😭. Seriously guys! I haven’t cried this hard since It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. I was hooked from the beginning, and it got more and......more

Goodreads review by Joanna Chu (The ChuseyReader) on October 24, 2021

Unpopular opinion...I feel so heartless I didn’t feel much from this book haha, apart from the ending! I think I came in with the wrong expectations, this book just wasn't for me. Pick this up if you enjoy and/or don’t mind: 🐢 Turtle pace slow burn friends to lovers (and I normally love slow burn rom......more

Goodreads review by Ana | SheSaidYestoBooks on December 22, 2022

How are we supposed to be excited about a book we already know how it’s going to end by the second chapter? Besides, I love reading. Reading is my happy place. I don’t read to get depressed. I read to run far far away from depression. And this book is the depression itself in pages. I lost my father......more

Goodreads review by Darla on December 02, 2021

Dang it, Nicholas Sparks! I had to run, not walk, to find a tissue multiple time while I finished this book. In my opinion, this is the best title from you in years. My favorite has always been A Walk to Remember and this recent release contains some of the elements that make for a wonderful read. A......more

Quotes

"Sparks has definitely mastered the art of love.”—Associated Press

“Sparks is a poet . . . a master.”—Philadelphia Inquirer

“Nicholas Sparks is one of the best-known writers in America and overseas for good reason: He has written stories that reveal the yearning for our most prized possession: love.”—Mobile Register

"Sparks knows how to tug at readers' heartstrings."—Chicago Sun Times

"Sparks is a masterful storyteller who remains at the top of his game.”—Bookreporter.com

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