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De wens - The Wish: Wat als de persoon die je het meest nodig hebt, opduikt wanneer je hem het minst verwacht?
Een prachtig kerstboek van de auteur van The Notebook en Message in a Bottle
1996 was het jaar waarin voor Maggie Dawes alles veranderde. Op zestienjarige leeftijd ging ze bij haar tante wonen op een afgeleerd eiland in North Carolina. Ze voelde zich eenzaam tot ze Bryce Trickett ontmoette, een van de weinige andere tieners op het eiland. Hij liet haar zien dat er genoeg was om van te houden in het winderige stranddorpje en leerde haar fotograferen, een passie die ze de rest van haar leven zou behouden.
Drieëntwintig jaar later is Maggie een gerenommeerde reisfotograaf. Ze runt een succesvolle galerie in New York en fotografeert afgelegen en iconische plekken over de hele wereld. Tijdens de feestdagen is ze dit jaar onverwachts thuis, door een ontnuchterende medische diagnose. Gaandeweg moet ze steeds vaker worden geholpen door haar jonge assistent en langzaam groeit er een vertrouwensband. Terwijl ze samen de laatste dagen van het jaar aftellen, vertelt Maggie hem over een kerst van jaren geleden – en over de liefde die haar leven voorgoed veranderde.
1996 was het jaar waarin voor Maggie Dawes alles veranderde. Op zestienjarige leeftijd ging ze bij haar tante wonen op een afgeleerd eiland in North Carolina. Ze voelde zich eenzaam tot ze Bryce Trickett ontmoette, een van de weinige andere tieners op het eiland. Hij liet haar zien dat er genoeg was om van te houden in het winderige stranddorpje en leerde haar fotograferen, een passie die ze de rest van haar leven zou behouden.
Drieëntwintig jaar later is Maggie een gerenommeerde reisfotograaf. Ze runt een succesvolle galerie in New York en fotografeert afgelegen en iconische plekken over de hele wereld. Tijdens de feestdagen is ze dit jaar onverwachts thuis, door een ontnuchterende medische diagnose. Gaandeweg moet ze steeds vaker worden geholpen door haar jonge assistent en langzaam groeit er een vertrouwensband. Terwijl ze samen de laatste dagen van het jaar aftellen, vertelt Maggie hem over een kerst van jaren geleden – en over de liefde die haar leven voorgoed veranderde.
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Nicholas Sparks
415 books239k followersNicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 130 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 92 million copies in the United States alone.
Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020), The Wish (2021), and Dreamland (2022), as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. His twenty-fourth novel, Counting Miracles, will be published on September 24, 2024.
Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars. The Notebook has also been adapted into a Broadway musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson.
Sparks lives in North Carolina. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually. He co-founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006. As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4×400 meters, as well as US High School National Records in the 800 Medley and 1600 Medley. Click to watch the Runner’s World video with Nicholas.
The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2011, to provide scholarships and fund educational programs for underprivileged and disadvantaged youth. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects. Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs.
Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020), The Wish (2021), and Dreamland (2022), as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. His twenty-fourth novel, Counting Miracles, will be published on September 24, 2024.
Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars. The Notebook has also been adapted into a Broadway musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson.
Sparks lives in North Carolina. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually. He co-founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006. As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4×400 meters, as well as US High School National Records in the 800 Medley and 1600 Medley. Click to watch the Runner’s World video with Nicholas.
The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2011, to provide scholarships and fund educational programs for underprivileged and disadvantaged youth. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects. Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs.
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