Title: Message in A Bottle
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Num of pages: 347
Publisher : Sphere
In a moment of desolation on a windswept beach, Garrett bottles his words of undying love for a woman, and throws them to the sea.
"My dearest Catherine, I miss you, my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together..."
But the bottle is picked up by Theresa, a mother with a shattered past, who feels unaccountably drawn to this lonely man. Who are this couple? What is their story? Beginning a search that will take her to a sunlit coastal town and an unexpected confrontation, it is a tale that resonates with everlasting love and enduring promise of redemption.
My thoughts & opinion:
Garrett is a lonely whom have lost a wife three years ago but can't seem to get over his true love. He bottled up his feelings & thoughts abt her and threw them away into the ocean. He constantly dreamed abt his late wife which made it even harder for him to forget her. He is a hopeless romantic husband and lover, hence his beautiful words and letters to his late wife. His dad, Jeb Blake has often reminded him that it's ok to move on. It's ok to find someone else. But Garrett can't seem to shake the memories of his late wife off from his mind. Even after he knew Theresa, Catherine will always be at the back of his lonely mind. He had pictures of Catherine hanging on the walls of his house, especially in his bedroom.
Meanwhile Theresa, a single mother who has been a divorcee for almost 4 years has had a tragic past & couldn't get over her dark experience. Her son, Kevin, 12, is growing up spending his life living at his mom's & dad's place alternately. That summer, Theresa had his son staying at her ex-husband's place & went for a vacation in Cape Cod with her best friend Deanna. There, she found Garrett's letter to Catherine washed up by the ocean and found her crying reading the letter. Those beautiful words has hit her right to the heart. She then followed Deanna's advice to publish it on the newspaper as she worked as a columnist for Boston Times. From there, she discovered the second & third letter from people who called her asking abt that letter. After she discovered three of Garrett's letter, she decided to find Garrett with the advice of Deanna. She wanted to know what kind of person Garrett was.
Theresa's search for Garrett at Wilmington has led to so many unexpected things that she couldn't have imagined. Those things took her back to the memories of her & her ex-husband. While for Garrett, the unexpected visit from Theresa led him to the memories of him & Catherine. Who would've thought that their first hello could change their lives forever.
I give it a 4 star. This novel is really really good. I would suggest it to anyone who hasn't read the novel.
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