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Product Identifiers

PublisherGrand Central Publishing

ISBN-101619691388

ISBN-139781619691384

eBay Product ID (ePID)167519985

Product Key Features

Publication Year2013

Book TitleLongest Ride

TopicRomance / Historical / 20th Century, Contemporary Women, Romance / General

LanguageEnglish

GenreFiction

AuthorNicholas Sparks

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 In.

Item Length5.8 In.

Item Width5.2 In.

Item Weight9.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes11 vols.

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition

SynopsisFrom the dark days of WWII to present-day North Carolina, this New York Times bestseller shares the lives of two couples overcoming destructive secrets -- and finding joy together. Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together - how they met, the precious paintings they collected together, the dark days of WWII and its effect on them and their families. Ira knows that Ruth can't possibly be in the car with him, but he clings to her words and his memories, reliving the sorrows and everyday joys that defined their marriage. A few miles away, at a local bull-riding event, a Wake Forest College senior's life is about to change. Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward -- even life and death - loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans -- a future that Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the secret he's keeping doesn't destroy it first. Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.