Condition: Used, Great. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The dust cover may show slight wear. No folded pages, no notes, no underlines or markings on the pages.

Details: The Longest Ride, author Nicholas Sparks

ISBN: 978-1-4555-2065-7

Pages: 398

Published: 2013

In the tradition of his beloved first novel, The Notebook, #I New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with the remark- able story of two couples whose lives intersect in profound and surprising ways. The Longest Ride Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health, and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an iso- lated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved wife, Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by reminiscing about their lifetime together - how they met, the precious paintings they collected, the dark days of World War II, 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 joys that defined their marriage. A few miles away, at a local bull-riding event, a Wake Forest University senior's life is about to change. Recovering from a recent breakup, Sophia Danko meets a young cow- boy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encoun- tered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes are high: Reward and ruin - and even life and