Fans of Nicholas Sparks are accustomed to his books’ settings in the Carolinas. The Wish deviates from that template, as it’s set in current day New York City, but goes back in time to when Maggie, the protagonist, was a teen. After getting pregnant, she is shipped off by her Southern California parents to her aunt in Ocracoke, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where she stays until she delivers her baby. While on Ocracoke, Maggie meets another teen, Bryce, and the inevitable Sparks love story begins.
Maggie, now a world-traveled photographer dealing with metastatic cancer, recounts her memory of that time on Ocracoke to Mark, her young assistant. He becomes increasingly devoted to her as her health declines and Christmas approaches, and is determined to prevent her from being alone over the holidays.
Sparks seamlessly navigates back and forth from today’s New York to the season of Maggie’s life on the Outer Banks. Without spoiling the plot, I can assure you he will stir your emotions as Maggie’s full and poignant story is revealed near the book’s conclusion.
Nicholas Sparks is the beloved New York Times bestselling novelist whose books have sold over one hundred million copies. He resides in the historic town of New Bern, North Carolina.
Reviewed January 2022
Fans of Nicholas Sparks are accustomed to his books’ settings in the Carolinas. The Wish deviates from that template, as it’s set in current day New York City, but goes back in time to when Maggie, the protagonist, was a teen. After getting pregnant, she is shipped off by her Southern California parents to her aunt in Ocracoke, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where she stays until she delivers her baby. While on Ocracoke, Maggie meets another teen, Bryce, and the inevitable Sparks love story begins.
Maggie, now a world-traveled photographer dealing with metastatic cancer, recounts her memory of that time on Ocracoke to Mark, her young assistant. He becomes increasingly devoted to her as her health declines and Christmas approaches, and is determined to prevent her from being alone over the holidays.
Sparks seamlessly navigates back and forth from today’s New York to the season of Maggie’s life on the Outer Banks. Without spoiling the plot, I can assure you he will stir your emotions as Maggie’s full and poignant story is revealed near the book’s conclusion.
Nicholas Sparks is the beloved New York Times bestselling novelist whose books have sold over one hundred million copies. He resides in the historic town of New Bern, North Carolina.
Reviewed January 2022