The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (2007, Hardcover, Large Print)

Another classic Nicholas Sparks novel. It is a must read for any Nicholas Sparks fan. Heartwarming, touching, pne of those books that really makes you think about yourself & what you would do being in the same situation.

The Choice

The Entertainment Critic Book Review, By James Myers
THE CHOICE
By Nicholas Sparks
Published by Grand Central Publishing Hardcover
Publication Date: September 24, 2007
Price: $24.99
272 Pages
ISBN 0-446-57992-6
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
AUTHOR HAS SEVEN #1 NY TIMES BEST SELLERS
50 MILLION COPIES OF HIS BOOK IN PRINT WORLDWIDE
IN OVER 40 LANGUAGES
3 OF HIS BOOKS HAVE BEEN MADE INTO MAJOR MOTION PICTURES
2 MORE OF HIS BOOKS ARE IN CURRENT PRODUCTION
HIS BOOK, THE NOTEBOOK, GROSSED OVER $80M IN THE US ALONE AS A FILM
Four Star Rating ****


“He took a seat in the chair by the bed and reached for her hand. Her skin was pale, almost waxy, her body seemed smaller, and he noted the spidery lines that had begun to form at the corners of her eyes. Still, she seemed remarkable to him as she had been the first time he’d ever seen her. It amazed him that he had known her almost eleven years. Not because the length of time was extraordinary, but because those years seemed to contain more … life than the first thirty-two years without her. It was the reason he came to the hospital today; it was the reason he came everyday. He had no other choice. Not because it was expected—though it was—but because he could not image being anywhere else. They spend hours together, but their nights were spent apart. Ironically, there was no choice in that, either, for he couldn’t leave his daughters alone. These days fate made all of his decisions for him.
Except for one.
Eighty-four days had passed since the accident, and now he had to make a choice. He still had no idea what to do. Lately he’d been searching for answers in the Bible and the writings of Aquinas and Augustine. Occasionally he would find a striking passage, but nothing more than that; he would close the cover of the book and find himself staring out the window, his thoughts blank, as if hoping to find the solution in the sky.”

As a reviewer, there are some authors that are such great storytellers, that once you learn the writer has written a new novel, you simply must read it. And after long hours of pestering the publisher to forward a copy, and toting the book on and off airplanes, in and out of hotel rooms, in and out of automobiles, and removing the book in and out of your traveling case, you finally finish the book. The question that I ask myself then is, does this book move me emotionally and is it worthy of the legacy of this great writer/storyteller? Nicholas Sparks is such a storyteller and his new book, The Choice, may be the best story he has ever written. Disarming, charming, and yet thought-provoking, Sparks takes us in again with another great tale that will not disappoint his legions of fans.
The beginning of the story starts off predictably enough. Love found followed by love lost. Local boy makes good, Travis Parker is a veterinarian in a small town in North Carolina. Things seem to come easily to him. Living what he considers to be the good life, he has financial security, friends, family, boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his buddies. A dog and a house, he has it made. He holds the thought that a woman would only cramp his style, a sort of causal, and advent-guard country doctor’s practice, with a hippie’s Carpe Diem attitude. No woman would tolerate that. His relationships are still borne, uneventful, and unemotional attachments. That is until he meets his new red-headed neighb

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The book was in perfect condition and even in large print. The service
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i like how sparks weaves a story to get you involved, feeling like the people are real. i felt the ending was a little sudden and breif, but still very good. touching, it tells of the choice the woman has to make early on in their relationship and the choice the man has to make well on into the relationship.