The Rescue - Nicholas Sparks
Book Cover: "When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks - risks no one else in the department would ever take - to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over, as soon as the relationship starts to become truly intimate.
Then, one day, a raging, record breaking storm hits his small Southern town. Denise Holton, a young single mother, is driving through it when her car skids off the road. With her is her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Unconscious and bleeding, she - but not Kyle - will be found by Taylor McAden. And when she wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone.
During the search for Kyle, the connection, the lifeline, between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others, demanding far more than raw physical courage. That it will lead him to the possibility of her own rescue from a life lived without love. That is will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. That is will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love.
In The Rescue, Nicholas Sparks weaves his inimitable spell, immersing us in the passions and the surprising complexities of modern relationships - and in doing so, teaching us something about our own."
This was a "feel good" book, like the others ones that Nicholas Sparks writes. A good story line, with some mystery, heartbreak, love and joy all mixed in. I have always enjoyed reading Sparks' books.
Finished: October 17, 2011
Then, one day, a raging, record breaking storm hits his small Southern town. Denise Holton, a young single mother, is driving through it when her car skids off the road. With her is her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Unconscious and bleeding, she - but not Kyle - will be found by Taylor McAden. And when she wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone.
During the search for Kyle, the connection, the lifeline, between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others, demanding far more than raw physical courage. That it will lead him to the possibility of her own rescue from a life lived without love. That is will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. That is will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love.
In The Rescue, Nicholas Sparks weaves his inimitable spell, immersing us in the passions and the surprising complexities of modern relationships - and in doing so, teaching us something about our own."
This was a "feel good" book, like the others ones that Nicholas Sparks writes. A good story line, with some mystery, heartbreak, love and joy all mixed in. I have always enjoyed reading Sparks' books.
Finished: October 17, 2011
Sounds good! May have to squeeze this one into my to-be-read pile!
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