Message in a Bottle

Title: Message in a Bottle

Author: Nicholas Sparks

Pages: 410

Publisher: Warner

Published on: 1998, New York

Category: Romance Novel

Message in a Bottle is a 1998 romance novel, the second written by American author, Nicholas Sparks.

The story is about Theresa Osborne, a columnist whose faith in love has lost. Unbeknownst to her is a story about an undying love from one man to his late wife. Through a mysterious message in a bottle, they are brought together, for a purpose.

This is the tale of the deepest hopes, for a special someone, for an everlasting love.

Synopsis

Theresa Osborne, a newspaper columnist and mother of twelve-year-old son has lost faith in the dream of everlasting love. Three years after divorcing her cheating husband, Theresa went on a seaside vacation on Cape Cod where she finds a bottle, washed up on the shore. Inside the bottle is a letter from a man called Garrett.

“My dearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together…”

For Garrett, his message is the only way he knows to express his undying love for a woman he has lost. For Theresa, wary of romance since her husband shattered her trust, the message raises questions that intrigue her.

Who are Garrett and Catherine?

What is their story?

Piqued by epistolary constancy of the mysterious writer, Theresa embarks on a search that takes her to a sunlit coastal town of North Carolina, only to discovers the mysterious writer, Garrett has been mourning his late wife for three years, through the sea-borne message as his only solace.

Brought together by chance, or something more powerful, Theresa and Garret are people whose lives are about to collide for a purpose, in a tale that resonates with the deepest hopes for finding a special someone, and everlasting love.