At 16, Maggie is pregnant and her parents send her to live with her aunt in Ocracoke. She barely knows her aunt or her family and finds herself sad, lonely and haunted by memories of her home and friends. She puts her child up for adoption. A stranger to this new world, she finds solace in the company of Bryce Trickett who matches her age and intelligence, and doesn’t judge her for her bulging belly. He introduces her to new things including photography, which becomes a defining factor in her life in the future. Fascinated by photography, Maggie discovers that her interest in the activity is also driven by merit, and she decides to pursue it; She later became a famous travel photographer. Caught between running his own gallery and clicking pictures of distant towns and cities, he doesn’t get time to think about the life he left behind to reveal his dreams. However, 20 years later, on Christmas Day, she finds herself on the ground and empty due to a serious medical condition. Due to this, she hires an assistant to help her in her daily life. As she develops a bond between her assistant and herself, she opens her heart to her first and only love and how she wants to find the child she left behind.
Heartwarming, tear-jerking, thrilling, sad yet wholesome, Nicholas Sparks’ ‘The Wish’ leaves no emotion for its reader to experience. The story proves the author’s statement “And in the end, isn’t it the most important thing in life? To be truly known and loved by someone you have chosen?” This romance novel will surely warm your heart this winter.
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