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000710975 020__ $$a9781455520633$$qpaperback
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000710975 08204 $$a813/.54$$223
000710975 1001_ $$aSparks, Nicholas,$$eauthor.
000710975 24514 $$aThe longest ride /$$cNicholas Sparks.
000710975 250__ $$aFirst domestic U.S. mass market edition.
000710975 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bGrand Central Publishing,$$c2014.
000710975 264_4 $$c©2013
000710975 300__ $$axviii, 475 pages ;$$c18 cm
000710975 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000710975 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
000710975 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier
000710975 500__ $$aOriginally published in hardcover by Hachette Book Group.
000710975 520__ $$a"Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together - how they met, the precious paintings they collected together, the dark days of WWII 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 everyday joys that defined their marriage. A few miles away, at a local bull-riding event, a Wake Forest College senior's life is about to change. Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward -- even life and death - loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans -- a future that Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the secret he's keeping doesn't destroy it first. Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart."--$$cProvided by publisher.
000710975 650_0 $$aWidowers$$vFiction.
000710975 650_0 $$aUnmarried couples$$vFiction.
000710975 650_0 $$aTraffic accidents$$vFiction.
000710975 650_0 $$aMan-woman relationships$$vFiction.
000710975 650_0 $$aCollege students$$vFiction.
000710975 650_0 $$aLife change events$$vFiction.
000710975 650_0 $$aCowboys$$vFiction.
000710975 650_0 $$aBull riding$$vFiction.
000710975 651_0 $$aNorth Carolina$$vFiction.
000710975 655_7 $$aRomance fiction.$$2lcgft
000710975 85280 $$bpopro$$hSparks
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