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 Tybee Island, Georgia. 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 on Tybee Island with him. Ronnie's father, a former 音乐会 pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the 海滩 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 about 爱情 in its myriad forms - first love, the 爱情 between parents and children - that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that deeply felt relationships can break our hearts ...and heal them.