Une bouteille à la mer

La lettre d'un homme à la femme de sa vie, qui vient de mourir. Bouleversée, intriguée et déjà attirée par l'auteur de cette lettre, la jeune femme, qui est journaliste, la publie dans sa chronique du Boston Time. De fil en aiguille, elle retrouve d'autres "bouteilles à la mer", puis la trace de celui qui les a envoyées. Usant d'un subterfuge, elle le rencontre. Et ils tombent amoureux... Mais leur histoire n'est pas simple. Garrett, toujours fou amoureux de sa femme, est rongé par le remords d'aimer à nouveau. Et c'est la force inaltérable de cet amour, que Theresa a tout d'abord aimée en lui, qui maintenant la retient de tout abandonner pour lui. Ainsi, lorsque Garrett la demande en mariage, elle refuse. Il ne comprend pas, feint d'ignorer son inquiétude. Une violente dispute éclate, la jeune femme part en claquant la porte. Dans sa chambre, Garrett tombe sur trois des lettres qu'il avait lancées à la mer. Blessé que Theresa lui ait menti, il rompt définitivement. Peu de temps après, au moment où il était enfin prêt à lui pardonner, il disparaît en mer... Un an et demi plus tard, de nouveau rêveuse et solitaire, Theresa revient sur la plage où tout a commencé. Elle est exactement dans la situation de Garrett à l'époque où ils se sont connus : elle a perdu son amour, elle est inconsolable. Alors elle relit les mots qu'elle s'apprête à livrer au hasard des vents, des vagues et des tempêtes. Et peu à peu, du fond de sa tristesse, l'espoir renaît...

In 1996 The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks captured the hearts and imaginations of readers around the world. It spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list and was the No. 1 bestselling hardcover fiction title of 1997.

Message in a Bottle, Nicholas Sparks's eagerly anticipated second novel, proves that this author can uncork the magic again. The film industry caught on to the buzz immediately. Warner Brothers snapped up movie rights within 12 hours of submission, and Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, and Paul Newman will star in the film.

The book is a heart-wrenching tale of self-discovery, renewal, and the courage it takes to love again. Teresa Osborne, a 36-year-old single mother, finds a bottle washed up on a Cape Cod beach. The scrolled-up message inside is a passionate love letter written by a heartbroken man named Garrett who is grieving over "his darling Catherine." Teresa is so moved by the stranger's poignant words that she vows to find the penman and publishes the letter in her syndicated Boston newspaper column. Questions linger in her mind and heart: Who is Garrett? Who is Catherine? What is their story? And most importantly, why did this bottle find its way to her?

Imagining that Garrett is the type of man she has always been seeking, Teresa sets out on an impulsive, hope-filled search. Her journey, her discovery, and the wisdom gained from this voyage of self-discovery changes her life forever. Love's unimaginable strength as well as its tremendous fragility echoes on each page of Sparks's newest gem.

Library Journal

Sparks, who coauthored the self-help parable Wokini (Random, 1994), weighs in with a romantic novel that will receive a substantial marketing push.

In this New York Times bestseller, a single mother sets out to find the North Carolina man who sent a message meant for someone else... and the journey may change her life forever.Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to'Catherine,'signed simply'Garrett.'Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous-an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.... Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human heart. In his first bestselling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to romantic love that touched readers around the world. Now in this New York Times bestseller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when... Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to "Catherine," signed simply "Garrett." Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous-an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.... Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human heart. In his first bestselling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to romantic love that touched readers around the world. Now in this New York Times bestseller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when... On a beach, Boston journalist Theresa Osborne finds a bottle thrown up by the sea with a love letter from a man to his dead wife. Theresa, a divorcee searching for love, is so moved by it she tracks the man to his yacht in North Carolina and a romance follows. By the author of The Notebook. Seul sur son bateau, un homme lance une bouteille à la mer. Elle contient un e lettre d'amour à sa femme qui vient de mourir. Cette bouteille aurait pu se perdre, mais elle échoue sur une plage, et transforme la vie de la jeune femme qui la trouve Divorcée Theresa Osborne, on a vacation at the seaside, finds a love message in a bottle and becomes obsessed with learning the story behind the note