Synopsis:#1 New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sparks turns his unrivaled talents to a new tale about love found and lost, and the choices we hope we'll never have to make.
Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life - boating, swimming , and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies -- he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage and family, THE CHOICE ultimately confronts us with the most heartwrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?
I think I am one for a good romance novel about love and happiness. Nicholas Sparks always seems to bring that. I did find this novel good, but predicable in a sense. Maybe you get that way after reading so many of his books. I don't know if I was a fan of how fast paced the romance was. In the book she starts with a serious boyfriend who she has been together for years. Then enter Travis and in just one weekend the whole thing gets disrupted and she wants something else completely.
But the choice that Travis has to make in this book made me question my own life and prompted me to a discussion with my own husband about what he would do if I was in that position or visa versa. It does make you remember just how precious life is and how fast it can all disappear. I don't know how I could do it with my two young kids that are 5 1/2 and 18 months if I were to lose my husband so suddenly.
After reading this book I borrowed the movie from my local library and I personally wasn't a big fan of the casting they did for the movie. But the story line was good and was portrayed how I envisioned it.
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