This is a book for all age groups...not just the young. It is the struggle of a young woman coming of age and hard choices are thrust at her. Does she do what others want, what is considered by others the right thing to do, or does she chance it and strike out on her own life leaving behind all that had been familiar and all the family and people of her life before. Tough choices.
It answers her question: who do we become. What other people want us to be or true to ourselves....there is a surprising answer in this book. How much loyalty is destructive. How much carefree abandon is cruelty....a fine line this book explores.
I loved it and couldn't put it down until the very… Read more
A Bend in the Road moved me as most of Nicholas Sparks books do. I was draw into the loss and sorrow of the main character and understood his fear of commitment, but enjoyed the unfolding of the story of love and loss and new love found and the risk he decided to take.
I read the Christmas Box trilogy and just felt there was something magical in this story and the writing. After reading The Christmas Box Miracle, I understood the spiritual forces of healing and guidance the author received. As soon as I was done with both books, I boxed them up with a purple ribbon around both books because they were so special and sent them to my sister in Texas.
