The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

Book Description
Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.
The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.

My thoughts
Divorced family, rebellious teenage daughter, young impressionable son, summer on the beach, young love, bad boy, turtle nest – the book has it all. Nicholas Sparks makes you feel like living in North Carolina because love abounds. “The Last Song” is no different. But this story deals with young love as Veronica “Ronnie” Miller and her younger brother stayed with their father in his cottage on the beach in North Carolina. They live with their mother in New York City. Ronnie despises her father, blames him for the divorce and tries to make new friends since she is ‘stuck’ there. Unfortunately, she mixes with the wrong crowd, causing even more friction. All he wants to do his forge a relationship with his children before it’s too late. Although the story is satisfactory, it is not heartwarming or a tear jerker (something I usually find in Spark’s books).