{"product_id":"the-wish-9781538728635","title":"The Wish","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Ride\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e comes a #1\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina's Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind . . . until she met Bryce Trickett, one of the few teenagers on the island. Handsome, genuine, and newly admitted to West Point, Bryce showed her how much there was to love about the wind-swept beach town--and introduced her to photography, a passion that would define the rest of her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 2019, Maggie is a renowned travel photographer. She splits her time between running a successful gallery in New York and photographing remote locations around the world. But this year she is unexpectedly grounded over Christmas, struggling to come to terms with a sobering medical diagnosis. Increasingly dependent on a young assistant, she finds herself becoming close to him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs they count down the last days of the season together, she begins to tell him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier--and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538728635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e514759 \/ Wish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 18\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Sparks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040272089269,"sku":"9781538728635","price":9.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d55243a5-0dd8-4afa-b81e-72a64b31fa43.jpg?v=1689088363","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-wish-9781538728635","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}