The Last Song

Overview

#1 bestselling author Nicholas Sparks's new novel is at once a compelling family drama and a heartrending tale of young love.




Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.




The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.

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Author Information

Bio of Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Charles Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 31, 1965. As a child, he lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska, finally settling in Fair Oaks, California at the age of eight. He lived in Fair Oaks through high school, graduated valedictorian in 1984, and received a full track scholarship to the University of Notre Dame. After breaking the Notre Dame school record as part of a relay team in 1985 as a freshman (a record which still stands), he was injured and spent the summer recovering. During that summer, he wrote his first novel, though it was never published. He majored in Business Finance and graduated with high honors in 1988. He and his wife Catherine, who met on spring break in 1988, were married in July, 1989. While living in Sacramento, he wrote his second novel that same year, though again, it wasn't published. In 1990, he collaborated on a book with Billy Mills, the Olympic Gold Medalist and it was published by Feather Publishing before later being picked up by Random House. (It was recently re-issued by Hay House Books.) Though it received scant publicity, sales topped 50,000 copies in the first year of release. He began selling pharmaceuticals and moved from Sacramento, California to North Carolina in 1992. In 1994, at the age of 28, he wrote The Notebook over a period of six months. In October, 1995, rights to The Notebook were sold to Warner Books. It was published in October, 1996, and he followed that with Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), and Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), Three Weeks with my Brother (2004), True Believer (2005), At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), and The Choice (2007). All were domestic and international best sellers and were translated into more than 40 languages. His newest book, THE LUCKY ONE -- about a man whose brushes with death lead him to the love of his life -- will be released in September 2008. The movie version of Message in a Bottle was released in 1999, A Walk to Remember was released in 2002, and The Notebook was released in 2004. The average domestic box office gross per film was $56 million -- with another $100 million in DVD sales--making the novels by Nicholas Sparks one of the most successful franchises in Hollywood. The film version of Nights in Rodanthe will be released in the fall of 2008 and will star Diane Lane and Richard Gere. Nichols Sparks is an avid athlete who runs daily, lifts weights regularly, and competes in Tae Kwon Do. He attends church regularly and reads approximately 125 books a year. 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 lives in North Carolina with his wife and children.

Customer Reviews

• Not typical of his writing

  Posted September 15, 2009 by Susan, Chicago

  I think Sparks was concentrating on compiling his next book when he wrote this. Evidently teenagers are not his forte because this is not typical of his engrossing romantic page turners. I suggest you either pick this up @ the library or borrow it from a friend; it's not worth the purchase price. I completed 2/3 of the book

• good book

  Posted September 22, 2009 by Sheila , Yokota AB Japan

  I liked that book a lot it is a little different then some of his books but it is a really good read and I definitely got teary eyed a few times! I love Nicholas sparks and the book is coming to the movies in Jan.

• Last 1/3 of book the best

  Posted September 29, 2009 by Reading Again, Plainsboro

  I was touched and moved by Steve's personality, his countenance and unconditional love for his children as well as his faith- you truly believe that he took all the memories of that last summer with him. He changed his daughter in ways that she could not even imagine, but will remain with her into her adult life.

• I loved the book

  Posted October 08, 2009 by Rhonda, Kalispell, Mt.

  I really loved the book I could not put it down!!! It reminded me of A Walk to Remember. I hope he does more like this.

Additional Info

Imprint

Grand Central Publishing

Filesize

1.54 MB

Number of Pages

400

eBook ISBN

9780446558150