THE LAST SONG

Nicholas Sparks

MSRP $14.99, 432 Pages.

Published by Grand Central.

A 17-year-old spends the summer with her father in North Carolina and finds many kinds of love.

Product Description

Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.

Go Behind the Scenes of the Motion Picture The Last Song (Disney Pictures, 2010)
Starring Myley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth
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Customer Reviews

A touching story of love and family - must read!

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I just finished "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks - I LOOVED IT!! I laughed,cried, smiled , got mad, but also jumped for joy,and I honestly learned something. I learned I should forgive those who need to be forgiven. People make misktakes,but holding a grudge doesnt do anything. Its about cherishing every moment with those you love. Nicholas Sparks know's how to touch a readers heart. Read it!! Its about, love, family, father-daughter relationships, growing up, & finding out who your are.

The Best of the Human Spirit!!!

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I will say up front I have been a fan of Nicholas Sparks since I saw and the read The Notebook. The Last Song has it all, humor, suspense, tenderness, anger and love. Nicholas Sparks understands the human spirit and the relationships that we form and lose during our lives. He has captured it in The Last Song in a way I am not sure if read in a novel before. I have read a great number of books, across all genres, but The Last Song is one I will read over and over again. It inspires and drives you to look at your own relationships and perhaps wonder about the story that is your life.

I shamefully adored this book....

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Argh... okay. Fine. I loved this book... I reaaally loved this book. And it kind of makes me mad that I almost missed out on such an awesome book because of certain circumstantial factors that were majorly affecting my decision to pick up this book. One is that it was written by nicholas sparks. And two... he wrote it with miley cyrus in mind. I didn't think I could get through 400 pages with her in mind. Thank goddd the story and character development made up for that!
I've never read a nicholas sparks novel. This was my first. I only know him from a cinematic standpoint. I saw a walk to remember, loved it. Saw the notebook. Liked it. Saw nights in rodanthe.... started to love it then hated it by the movies' end. I didn't need to see dear john to know how it would end... I was picking up a pattern from nicholas sparks, and in a way I just didn't get it anymore. Once or twice is enough. Write about something new pleeeaaasseeeeee! I was totally over anything nicholas sparks. Or so I thought...
Oh and it also kinda bothered my how a middle aged man was capable of writing such romantically tragic love stories.... interesting. Creepy... but interesting..

This book was haunting me for months. Id always do that dance at the book store with it.. holding it then putting it back in favor of a more favorite author. I just kept gravitating towards that backcover summary.... but no! Nicholas sparks! Miley cyrus! Nooo! i CAN'T! Ahh.. but chris hemsworth's little brother..... hrm.. maybeee....
Finally... after seeing it at a deep discounted price I finally picked it up and boy oh boy was I pleasantly surprised...
Basically.. don't do what I might have done by passing this up ... if u love love stories and young adult novels and summer beach reading I highly advise you to do yourself a favor and reaaad this. I'm one hundred percent happy that I did. And i really do believe that people from any age group will just soak this novel up.

While i could have easily done without some of the cheesy dialogue, i feel like a it's partly what makes it so great. It just all... works together. oh.. and don't forget your tissues!!

Good Book

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I got this book for Kindle after I saw the preview for the movie (I always like to read the books first) and I will have to say I was pleasantly surprises with this book. I had no big expectations going into the book but I did end up liking it a lot more than I thought I would. This would be a great beach book and from what I have read before is typical Nicholas Sparks. I think this was definitely worth the $4.99 I paid for the Kindle version. I am excited to see the movie this summer and really hope they don't butcher the book as movies often do.

Great story

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I've read all of Nicholas Sparks books and knew what to expect but it seems like each one gets better and better. I read this book in 2 days. Once you start, you don't want to put it down. It also made me cry & appreciate my dad more. I'm recommending it to everyone i know.