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The Rescue Library Binding – August 1, 2001

by Nicholas Sparks (Author)

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In this heartfelt Southern love story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Notebook, a daring fireman rescues a single mom—and learns that falling in love is the greatest risk of all.

When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: he can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over and the relationship starts to become truly intimate.

When a raging storm hits his small Southern town, single mother Denise Holton's car skids off the road. The young mom is with her four-year-old son Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Taylor McAden finds her unconscious and bleeding, but does not find Kyle. When Denise wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them. Kyle is gone. During the search for Kyle, a connection between Taylor and Denise takes root. But Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Turtleback Books; School & Library ed. edition (August 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Library Binding ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0613573242
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0613573245
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 0740
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 12
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 1.25 x 7 inches

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Nicholas 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.

Eleven of Nicholas Sparks's novels—The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle—have been adapted into major motion pictures. The Notebook has also been adapted into a Broadway musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson.

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Mrs M Turner

Easy Read

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2024

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Enjoyable book. Could not put it down. Lovely ending.
Can’t go wrong with a Nicholas Sparks book. Recommend it to anyone.

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tom

Sparks’s books are an absolute marvel to read and enjoy.

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2022

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This was quite a story. Another Nicholas Sparks classic. And I hadn’t read it before and it was copyrighted in 2000. I read a lot but I save these books for when I really need a boost. There are many good authors writing books today, there just aren’t many (If any) that can even be compared to Sparks.
What I really enjoy about his books are that they are all different in Heroes and heroines and the stories that they tell. Somehow he keeps writing these stories without ever repeating himself. I’m in awe that not only that he does it, but that anyone can do it. Probably 90+% of the authors today can not do what he does.
This story constantly brought tears to my eyes. And it was an educational story also in that Kyle was disadvantaged and that there was no name for what was his challenge. Then on top of rest of the story was the love story about a broken man, Taylor and the woman, Denise who finally helped him.
And he also writes beautiful love scenes that aren’t crude or obscene. And again 90+% of the authors today can’t do that.
I could continue forever with what I enjoy about these books but I’m going to stop and encourage you the reader to read, enjoy and also promote his books.

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Dawn

One of the best books ever!

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2024

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If you like to read...just do it. I have re-read it a few times and I like it more every time. It's that kind of story. Thanks Nicholas for sharing your gift with us!

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2024

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Nicholas Sparks always knows how to tug on your heart strings. This story is no exception, with the added bonus of a little suspense.

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Sandra H

Nicholas Sparks-The Rescue

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024

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In typical Sparks fashion, I was mesmerized from beginning to the end. His words touch my heart. Highly recommend it.

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WS

Expected more for the hype

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2013

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I've heard so many people hyping this author, and really enjoyed the movie I saw made from one of his books (The Lucky One), so I thought I'd give him a read. But it was very quickly evident that the scriptwriters are better writers than the author. I'll give him kudos for having the basics down. None of the spelling and grammar errors that are rampant these days in the self-pubbed stuff.

Also, his concept was good, so I'll give him props for that.

What he's lacking in a lot of ways is the ability to show, rather than tell -- he rambles on forever, explaining the characters' emotions, to the point where I would just skip past several pages at a time -- and then find he was still on the same topic. Sometimes he'd spend 8 or 10 pages hammering on a point that he could have made in one or two sentences of action rather than repetitive exposition.

He does the same thing with other info. The book includes a child who has difficulty with language. This is obvious the first time we "see" the child, but the author goes on and on... and ON at the beginning of the book about it, and then later on, has the child's mother going on even longer about it, and explaining every step of the process she uses to work on the issue with him -- which at that point in the book was completely irrelevant. Worse, every time the child speaks, we get it twice. Once in quotes, followed by the same thing, rendered phonetically, in parentheses -- just in case we missed the fact that he has language issues.

Part of the problem may be that the author has difficulty prioritizing. Words are a bit like money, in the writing process -- you have to choose where you want to spend them, and try to get the most "bang for the buck," rather than just spending them randomly.

No spoilers, but there is a point at the very end of the book, where a crisis triggers serious issues for one of the protagonists. At that point the pacing is better, and the author begins to makes better choices about prioritizing. I felt as if the book would have made a decent novella or short -- everything before that crisis point could easily have been condensed into a chapter or two.

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Lynda Foote

Good Read

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024

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I really liked the characters. I wish there had of been more of Judy’s presence. As always it seemed as if the storm of Mitch’s revelation came on fast and then was over. But happy endings are the best kind.

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Wendy Deal

A Beautiful Story

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024

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Like all Spark’s novels you’ll be drawn in and able to relate your the characters. A beautiful love story. Love between a man and a woman, love between a father and son, a mother and son, friends who we meet along life’s way. There will be tears, but in the end you’ll be glad you read it. You’ll have new perspectives on life.

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Dianne (Frew) Gerritsen

The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

Reviewed in Canada on March 4, 2024

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Nicholas Sparks has a way of inviting you in so you experience all the highs, and lows, of the characters he’s writing about.
I throughly enjoyed this book and totally recommend it.

Simone Bonse

Amor e superação!!

Reviewed in Brazil on July 12, 2020

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Muito bom! Com muita sensibilidade, o autor nos apresenta uma história cativante, na qual o amor é a chave para a superação!!!

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Gabriel Lara

Buen libro, no el mejor de NS

Reviewed in Mexico on June 5, 2018

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es un buen libro, la trama entretenida aunque a mi criterio no es de los mejores de Nicholas Sparks, sin duda es un genio para las novelas románticas sin duda hay otros libros mejores de el mismo, aún así sigue siendo un excelente libro

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