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Narrated by:
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Mela Lee
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Will Collyer
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Written by:
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Nicholas Sparks
About this listen
From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever.
The year 1996 was the one that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at 16 to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind...until she met Bryce Trickett, one of the few teenagers on the island. Handsome, genuine, and newly admitted to West Point, Bryce showed her how much there was to love about the wind-swept beach town - and introduced her to photography, a passion that would define the rest of her life.
By 2019, Maggie is a renowned travel photographer. She splits her time between running a successful gallery in New York and photographing remote locations around the world. But this year she is unexpectedly grounded over Christmas, struggling to come to terms with a sobering medical diagnosis. Increasingly dependent on a young assistant, she finds herself becoming close to him.
As they count down the last days of the season together, she begins to tell him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier - and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined.
Nicholas Sparks recently curated a “Chapter and Verse” playlist for Pandora. Visit it here.
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What the critics say
"Sparks has definitely mastered the art of love.” (Associated Press)
“Sparks is a poet...a master.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
“Nicholas Sparks is one of the best-known writers in America and overseas for good reason: He has written stories that reveal the yearning for our most prized possession: love.”—Mobile Register
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- Brenda Millar
- 2021-11-11
Best of Nicholas Sparks
Thank you for your inspired messages of love, compassion and hope that has uplifted my soul.
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- KimberlyS
- 2022-01-05
A moving story that will be hard to stop listening to
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to The Wish. Nicholas Sparks continues to move the listener ~ with his emotional themes, in-depth characters and visual descriptions. What a journey.
I couldn’t help but be drawn in - as if I was another person in the space. Tackling these issues, face on, was no easy task. Bravo. The narrators performed beautifully.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-09-08
Well written
In spite of a little slow moving and somewhat predictable ending, I couldn’t stop listening
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- Indu
- 2021-10-29
The Wish
The story started off slow but once you start learning about the characters it gets better. The ending is worth the slow read. Very unexpected ending!
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- Natasha Greco
- 2022-03-28
Amazing Story
I really enjoyed the book. it will make you laugh and cry. I would highly recommend this book!!
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- coach amanda
- 2022-07-04
Enjoyable
Well written and engaging. it's just a person recounting the events of their 16th year, but the story sucks you in.
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- Doreen Letzer
- 2022-10-15
Priceless
I have enjoyed several of Nicholas Sparks’ books but this has to be the best.
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- Faye
- 2021-10-15
The Saddest Story Ever Told
It was a wonderful book ,one of his best and I will certainly recommend it to all my friends and family. I really didn’t think he could beat The Notebook and The Wedding but The Wis is just as much of a tearjerker,which is the sign of a good story. Loved every minute of it
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- Amanda Brooks
- 2023-03-11
beautiful and amazing
loved it!!! the best I have read in a long time. made me very emotional.... happy.... sad...and remembering how it felt with my first love. EXTRAORDINARY!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-10-13
love loss and life
loved it. couldn't stop listening to it.a love story and a story about people and life.
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