The Last Song (novel)
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| Author(s) | Nicholas Sparks |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Romance, Tragedy |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
| Publication date | September 1, 2009 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 405 pages (including the prologue and epilogue) |
| ISBN | 0-446-54756-5 |
| OCLC Number | 405107195 |
The Last Song is a 2009 novel by American author Nicholas Sparks. The Last Song is Sparks' fourteenth published novel (sixteenth published book), and was written specifically as the basis for the film adaptation by the same name. It was released on September 8, 2009 by Grand Central Publishing. The story revolves around the summer of Ronnie Miller's seventeenth year, during which she is sent to stay with her estranged father. Through their shared love of music, the duo reconnect.
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[edit] Plot
Veronica “Ronnie” Miller’s life was turned upside down when her parents divorced and her father moved to Wrightsville, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains distant from her parents, particularly her father, until her mother decides it would be everyone’s best interest if she and her brother spent the summer with him. Resentful and rebellious, Ronnie rejects her father’s attempts to reach out to her and threatens to return to New York before the summer’s end. But soon Ronnie meets Will, the last person she thought she’d ever be attracted to, and finds herself falling for him, opening herself up to the greatest happiness – and pain – that she has ever known. Ronnie finds out that her father has stomach cancer. She and her brother, Jonah, finish the window that they started with their father for the church. Her brother, Jonah, goes back to New York with their mother, but Ronnie stays back with her father until his death. She completes the song on the piano that he began to write and plays it for her audition at Juilliard. She and Will part after the funeral and she believes that they will never meet properly again, she thought it was over, but after Christmas, he transfers and goes to college in New York so he can spend more time with Ronnie.
[edit] Release
A book tour for The Last Song was announced on July 28, 2009[1] and reached around 13 cities.[2] Despite the relatively short tour, The Last Song debuted at number one on weekly bestseller charts. It headed the Publishers Weekly[3] and New York Times charts for hardback fiction[4] and the Wall Street Journal chart for fiction.[5] According to USA Today's chart, which combines sales of all formats of a book, The Last Song outsold all other titles in its first week.[6] The book dropped to number 2 on all lists the following week, due to the release of Dan Brown's highly anticipated The Lost Symbol, the sequel to The Da Vinci Code.[7][8]
[edit] Film adaptation
The film version of The Last Song was released in the U.S. on March 31, 2010,[9] Unlike previous adaptations of Sparks' novels, Sparks participated in writing the film's screenplay; after agreeing to the project, Sparks invited his college roommate Jeff Van Wie to co-write the script. With Van Wie's help, Sparks finished the screenplay before he began writing the novel.[10] The Last Song is director Julie Anne Robinson's first feature film. The film stars Miley Cyrus as Ronnie, along with Greg Kinnear as Steve, Liam Hemsworth as Will Blakelee, Kelly Preston as Kim, and Bobby Coleman as Jonah.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Nicholas Sparks interview". Sun Journal. 2009-08-04. http://www.newbernsj.com/articles/sparks-47739-nicholas-latest.html. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
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- ^ "Hardcover Fiction". The New York Times. 2009-09-27. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/books/bestseller/besthardfiction.html?_r=1&ref=bestseller. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ [3][dead link]
- ^ Donahue, Deirdre; Wilson, Craig; Minzesheimer, Bob (2009-09-16). "Book Buzz: What's new on the list and in publishing". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-09-16-book-buzz_N.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ "Hardcover Fiction". The New York Times. 2009-10-04. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/bestseller/besthardfiction.html?_r=1&ref=bestseller. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ Rich, Motoko (2009-09-22). "In Debut Week, ‘Lost Symbol' Sells More Than 2 Million Copies". The New York Times. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/in-debut-week-lost-symbol-sells-more-than-2-million-copies/?ref=books. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ "The Last Song". ComingSoon.net. http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=54110. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^ a b "'Everyone Needs Forgiveness' | Movies & TV". Christianity Today. 2010-03-30. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/movies/interviews/2010/nicholasmiley-mar10.html. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
[edit] External links
- The Last Song on Nicholas Sparks' website
- Prologue of The Last Song published by Amazon.com
- Prologue and first four chapters of The Last Song published by Hachette Book Group
- High quality book cover hosted by Hachette Book Group
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