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Plot
The Best of Me is about Dawson Cole, a highschool senior who is abused by his family, and Amanda Collier, a girl who has lots of money. It all started when Amanda was in biology class and she had to use the restroom. As usual Dawson is partnerless and sits by himslef. When Amanda returns everyone is already chosen so her only choice is Dawson. Eventually the grew on each other and soon fell for each other. Since Dawson is a cole and Amanda is a collier they were band from seeing each other. As a result of this, they still continued to see each other in secrecy. After years of being together and being in love, Dawson was forced to end it with Amanda.

After 20 years of being seperated they see each other at their dear friends funeral and had suddenly fallen in love again. Later on Dawson realizes that Amanda has a family of her own while Dawson's last girlfriend was Amanda. Once Amanda figures out that Abee and Ted, both cousins of Dawson, are here to kill Dawson, she immediately becomes scared. Furthermore when Dawson goes to the bar he runs into his cousins and notices that there is a young man who is getting beat up. Dawson makes a distraction to try and get the young man out and on his way out someone was shot.After realizing about Amandas husband, Frank, Dawson suddenly tries the best he can to get Amanda back and it works for a little bit, until her mother, Mrs.Collier, convinces her to realize that reality is alot different than your fantasy.

After Amanda and Dawson say their goodbyes Amanda recieves a call about her husband and son getting in a car accident. As Amanda rushes to the hospital she findws out that her son needs a heart transplant. After hearing that the surgery failed, she realizes that he has to get a pacemaker. When he wakes up from the surgery he is upset and cries knowing that he will only live for 20 more years. When she thought things couldn't get any worse, she finds out that Dawson died from a gunshot to the head that killed him within minutes. After realizing that she is all alone she finally realizes her destiny.

Major Themes
The Best of Me recieved a very repeated view. Grand Central said that The Best of Me is just " a new love story." Although it is not just a love story it is a love story that is very different than any other. This story has twists and turns that any normal person would never imagine.

Other
When Nicholas Sparks was asked "What would you be doing if you weren't a writer?" He replied, "I have no idea. My standard answer is that I'd run a global-macro hedge fund but in all candor, I'd probably stay in the creative arena. Perhaps as a director or producer." Another question asked by CBS news reporter Jeff Glor was "What else are you reading right now?" He replied, I'm reading " Einstein his life and universe" by Walter Isaacson. None the less there was another question by the glorious Jeff Glor. He asked " what inspired you to write the book?" And when Nicholas Sparks replied he said," when people really begin to second-guess the choices they'd made in the past." Now when I read the book I can tell how he used this because Amanda is faced with choosing over her husband,Frank or her long lost love,Dawson. And for Amanda she struggles choosing this but in the end she knows what is right.

Publication History
Which languages has "The Best of Me" been translated to? Little brown book group replied with the following, " they have been translated into more than 40 languages." How was the novel published? Book club said, " published October 11th 2011 by Grand Central Publishing."

Background
When Nicholas Sparks was asked, "What real life stories or person served as inspiration for the novels?" he replied,"Quick, instantaneous movements that vanished before I could turn my head. If you talk to the owners of the house where those events occurred, they will swear it was a ghost. Other events occurred in that house as well before the 'ghost'-or whatever it was-was finally exercised from the premises." Another question that was asked anonymously was "Do you believe in falling in love?" And he replied, " yes, I believe it is possible. First love is always powerful, and for some people, that love really does last forever." One more question asked was,"what led him to write the novel?" And he replied with "I was in a car going to the warn a brothers studio and I was asked to think of a quick story, and I did and they ended up liking the story and eventually became a novel.

Awards and Nominations
The Best of Me was ranked #2 in the Top 10 overall from Publishers Weekly.

Reception
Denise Garofalo states her opinion by saying, " but it transforms into a predictable yet depressing tale that is rushed and transparent and that suffers from cliche and a somewhat anticlimactic ending." While Laura Santana has a different opinion. Laura said, "it fulfills every desire they have to swoon and be shocked."