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I was somewhat disappointed in this book. Nicholas Sparks receives high praise from many readers, and I don't know if I just found this book in particular slow or too predictable.
Boston journalist Theresa Osbourne is in her 30s, divorced and a single mother. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she walks along the beach and finds a washed up bottle containing a sentimental love letter. Spurred by her supervisor, she publishes the letter in her newspaper column and receives a flood of mail--and a phone call from a woman telling her she believed she had a letter written by the writer of Theresa's letter. Further research uncovers yet a third letter written by the same man, Garrett, to his love Catherine, whom we discover to be deceased. With the help of a friend, Theresa is able to unearth the mysterious Garrett and takes a trip out to a quaint North Carolina town. Upon meeting her, Garrett asks Theresa on a boat ride, and it is there that Theresa finds herself falling in love with the man.
Garrett lost his wife, Catherine, three years ago and feels torn between his feelings for Theresa and those for his deceased wife. The couple struggles to keep the relationship alive despite the distance between them as Garrett slowly comes to terms with the fact that he loves Theresa.
This book did have a sad ending--I expected as much. I did like the message in the final dream about Catherine that Garrett had, where Catherine told him that she was the one who made sure his letters got into Theresa's hands.
However, much of the dialogue between Theresa & Garrett was bleh and seemed so repetitive. And I had a hard time just buying that Theresa's son would take so immediately to the new man in his mom's life.
Boston journalist Theresa Osbourne is in her 30s, divorced and a single mother. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she walks along the beach and finds a washed up bottle containing a sentimental love letter. Spurred by her supervisor, she publishes the letter in her newspaper column and receives a flood of mail--and a phone call from a woman telling her she believed she had a letter written by the writer of Theresa's letter. Further research uncovers yet a third letter written by the same man, Garrett, to his love Catherine, whom we discover to be deceased. With the help of a friend, Theresa is able to unearth the mysterious Garrett and takes a trip out to a quaint North Carolina town. Upon meeting her, Garrett asks Theresa on a boat ride, and it is there that Theresa finds herself falling in love with the man.
Garrett lost his wife, Catherine, three years ago and feels torn between his feelings for Theresa and those for his deceased wife. The couple struggles to keep the relationship alive despite the distance between them as Garrett slowly comes to terms with the fact that he loves Theresa.
This book did have a sad ending--I expected as much. I did like the message in the final dream about Catherine that Garrett had, where Catherine told him that she was the one who made sure his letters got into Theresa's hands.
However, much of the dialogue between Theresa & Garrett was bleh and seemed so repetitive. And I had a hard time just buying that Theresa's son would take so immediately to the new man in his mom's life.
