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The longest ride  Cover Image Book Book

The longest ride

Sparks, Nicholas. (Author).

Summary: Two couples. Two love stories. One epic tale. Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson is in trouble. Struggling to stay conscious after a car crash, an image of his adored - and long-dead - wife Ruth appears. Urging him to hang on, she lovingly recounts the joys and sorrows of their life together - how they met, the dark days of WWII and its unrelenting effect on their families. A few miles away, college student Sophia Danko's life is about to change. Recovering from a break-up, she meets the young, rugged Luke and is thrown into a world far removed from her privileged school life. Sophia sees a new and tantalising future for herself, but Luke is keeping a secret that could destroy it all. Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples, separated by years and experience, whose lives are about to converge in the most unexpected - and shocking - of ways.

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  • ISBN: 9781455520640
  • ISBN: 9781455520633 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 1455520659
  • ISBN: 9781455520657 (hc.) :
  • Physical Description: xi, 398 pages ; 22 cm.
    print
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Grand Central Publishing, [2013].
Subject: North Carolina -- Fiction
Married people -- Fiction
Cowboys -- Fiction
College students -- Fiction
Life change events -- Fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Unmarried couples -- Fiction
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction
Traffic accident victims -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
World War 2 -- Fiction
Secrets -- Fiction
Marriage -- Fiction
Male-Female Romance -- Fiction
Husband and wife -- Fiction
Widowers -- Fiction
Older men -- Fiction
Genre: Love stories.

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at South Central Regional Library. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Manitou Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Manitou Library F Spa (Text) 36620001659666 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    After being trapped in an isolated car crash, the life of an elderly widower becomes entwined with that of a young college student and the cowboy she loves.
  • Baker & Taylor
    After being trapped in an isolated car crash, the life of an elderly widower becomes entwined with that of a young college student and the cowboy she loves in this new romance from the New York Times best-selling author. 1,000,000 first printing.
  • Grand Central Pub
    From 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.
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