Read this book last week.
It's the story of Andrienne Wills - at 45, divorced for 3 years, narrated by her to her daughter, somewhere around 15 years from the time of divorce.
Her daughter (Amanda) has recently lost her husband, and is going through a rough patch.
The story revolves around a weekend spent in a small village town of Rodhante, where Andrienne goes to fill in for Jean, her friend, and owner of an inn.
She has done this before quite a few times.
It's winter time, and no guests are usually expected.
But this time, the inn has to welcome a solitary guest, Paul Flanner.
Paul is a well known surgeon, his name and picture having donned the covers of Time and WSJ.
He is there to meet the husband of one his patients who died recently.
The husband and the family had made hue and cry over the death of their wife/mother - going as far as suing Paul. But Paul came out clean, since no evidence pointed to negligence on his part.
He then gets a letter from the husband(I dont remember his name :0) - asking him to come and meet at Rodanthe. So there he is (against the advice of his lawyers).
Paul checks into Jean's inn, and is welcomed by Andrienne.
He slowly begins to connect with Andrienne, who reciprocates.
Paul has recently been divorced, and they start by sharing there problems.
It just so happens that they find a good listener, and a sympathetic friend in each other.
The bond becomes stronger by the hour, and soon they realise that they are in love.
Although it might sound odd, Nicholas Sparks( the author) does a decent job of bringing forth the point that a person can fall in love, anytime in his life.
The story goes on and has a few twists and turns - something I would leave for the interested to explore.
A mushy feeling rules the story - and it is a light bed time read.
Nothing great, no racy stuff, and I should acknowledge - not too much of class.
But it is not bad either.
Nicholas Sparks - is famous for his other novels, mainly for "The Notebook".
I had gone to the library to get hold of that book - but it seems all copies were already issued.
So picked up this instead.
Happy reading.
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I had once attended a book reading by Nicholas Sparks. What stood out was the Ooohhhsss and Aaaahhhsss from the teenage girls assembled there :).
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