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  <title><![CDATA[A Bend in the Road]]></title>
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  <default_description>Miles Ryans life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, Jonahs second-grade teacher. A young woman recovering from a difficult divorce, Sarah moved to New Bern hoping to start over. Tentatively, Miles and Sarah reach out to each other....and soon they are falling in love. But what neither realizes is that they are also bound together by a shocking secret, one that will force them to reexamine everything they believe inincluding their love.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2001</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mmmm, haven't read Nicholas Sparks's books in a little while.<br/>This was pretty good, sure.<br/>So there's a bunch of rivalry going on in this tiny city. Sarah-I think that's her name-had just come for a couple months, as a school teacher and meets this kid Jonas. He's kinda falling behind-no no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23784614">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="908397">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Light Mystery/Drama Readers]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 26 23:02:01 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an awesome book.  It has a little bit of romance and a little mystery.  It will embed images in your mind that will be hard to escape.  Love and forgiveness will have a new meaning in your life.  Yes, it does have a little bit of everything.  A husband's love, a father's love, a cop in actio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/908397">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35036615">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Nicholas Spark fans]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Annie Bucknall]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 11 03:41:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 04 23:58:57 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some stories don't have happy endings and some do. This one of course can't really have a happy ending because a wife and mother have died. But, this book tells the story of a man's journey through grief, and anyone who has been through the loss of a loved one knows that the pain never ends. Nichola...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35036615">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31780252">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[The Romantic in all of us]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Mon Sep 01 20:26:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 04 13:21:40 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hmmm.... I am liking this one so far. I haven't read many of his books.  Kindof a romance/mystery. I think I know where he is going with it and if so that will really really bite. I love Sarah and relate with her oh so well.  Maybe I should look at being a school teacher so I can meet some cute pare...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31780252">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15332653">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 13 10:12:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 13 10:31:40 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about many different people and how they come together and end up being a family and it's how they are all connected. A man named Miles who is a police officer. His wife, went for a run and never came back. She was in a hit and run accident. The author shifts from Miles' story to Sarah'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15332653">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8450684">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 30 14:50:12 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 24 14:28:08 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Auf meiner Zugfahrt von Berlin nach Wien in einem Rutsch gelesen. Wie immer geht es im Kern um eine (nicht unkomplizierte) Liebesgeschichte, aber auch ein bißchen um einen Kriminalfall und deren Aufklärung.<br/><br/>Die Frau von Miles Ryan ist nämlich vor 2 Jahren beim joggen von einem Autofahr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8450684">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19970283">
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    <body><![CDATA[Miles Ryans life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews, Jon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19970283">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14396678">
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    <body><![CDATA[Surely the Danielle Steele set must rejoice whenever Sparks churns out a new book. While this was not the worst Sparks book I've ever read (there, I've admitted it - I've read more than one), that is a pretty low bar. I cannot even believe I read this. Not only do I not remember why I picked this bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14396678">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42339121">
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;A Bend in the Road&quot; is a love story written by a man, and my last few brushes with male authors in this genre led me to believe that they have something good going here.[return][return]The plot goes down easy - it is predictable and accessible. Miles lost his wife and high school sweethea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42339121">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67981278">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a Sparks fan so I wanted to love &quot;A Bend in the Road&quot; from the get-go and although I really enjoyed the first half, the second half felt that much more hollow because of the richness of the first half.  IMHO, here are my random thoughts: Brian's character needed to be more fleshed out....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67981278">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15418285">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[  This book was a romantic everyday story. Miles Ryan had lost his wife and was just beginning to get on his feet again. He is the deputy in New Bern and has one son. The story came together when Miles meets his son’s teacher. The teacher, Sara, had just been through a nasty divorce and had recent...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15418285">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44051349">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book A Bend in the Road is by Nicholas Sparks who i have read his biography. The book is about Miles Ryan who's wife is killed by getting hit by a car and is left with little Jonah. Another person named Sarah was divoriced by her husband and moves to New Bern where Miles is. Jonah falls behind ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44051349">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22079315">
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to write something about a Nicholas Sparks book.  As they are a bit forumulaic...but his formula works...at least for me it does . I run to the store the second a new book hits the stands.  This was a good one...but if you read just one NS book...I think I'd go w/The Notebook...followed by...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22079315">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ 	  ** spoiler alert ** I'm a Sparks fan so I wanted to love &quot;A Bend in the Road&quot; from the get-go and although I really enjoyed the first half, the second half felt that much more hollow because of the richness of the first half. IMHO, here are my random thoughts: Brian's character needed ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68039611">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60526379">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[2009 #20: I didn't like this book as well as <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2345.Nicholas_Sparks" title="Nicholas Sparks">Nicholas Sparks</a>'s <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15931.The_Notebook" title="The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks">The Notebook</a> or <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3466.The_Wedding" title="The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks">The Wedding</a>, but I thought it was better than his other books that I have read like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3473.A_Walk_to_Remember" title="A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks">A Walk to Remember</a> and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15924.At_First_Sight" title="At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks">At First Sight</a>.  I feel like the plot structure of his books is so similar... sometimes I get a little annoyed fee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60526379">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Jun 24 23:00:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a page turner.  Whats gonna happen? <br/>I enjoyed this book.  It was the type of book that had me thinking about the content days after I had read it.  I give it four stars for being captivating and keeping my attention on the book even after I had read it.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 31 22:50:43 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[12/4<br/>A Bend in the Road, by Nicholas Sparks, really &quot;brings to light&quot; the question:  Can you really move on after your true love is gone?  I'm only on pg. 78, and I can already get into the lives of the main characters.  I since that there is going to be a major twist in the plot as s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39187324">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Please don't read Nicholas Sparks. <br/><br/>It's always the same thing - so predictable.<br/><br/>There's always a couple in love that can't be together for some reason and usually someone from one of their families cannot stand the boy/girlfriend.<br/><br/>Then there's a war. That he's draft...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49031747">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[[close:] Miles Ryans life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. As deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, he not only grieves for her and worries about their young son Jonah but longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah And...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52523529">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[All right. This was kind of a throwaway book for me. It was a quick read, but fairly unfulfilling as the author spends a great deal of time on the backstory, building the suspense, artfully weaving in the voice of the killer without revealing who it is etc. The last 50 pages are spent on the spiral ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61764193">more...</a>]]></body>
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