She was like a stray puppy following Taylor around pleading "Love me, love me!"

For the next twenty minutes rain fell steadily but not ominously, and she watched the wipers push the water back and forth while she made her way back to Edenton, North Carolina. Like most of Sparks' books it was amazing. I definitely did not enjoy this as much as I have some of Sparks' other works. The kids find a way to venture into the foreign country and then must overcome many obstacles. Taylor found her son and they began a great friendship. But Kyle was always there. What role does this symbolic meaning play in the Edward Dolnick has done a terrific job in The Rescue Artist of opening up all the elements of a specific event-the theft of Edward Munch's famous painting The Scream - and bringing them together like a skilled choreographer, resulting in a great reading experience. This was an outstanding book and I didn't want it to end.

And actually, I did start out enjoying it better than I thought I would, perhaps because one of the main characters is a young boy with a disability (and I have one of those myself), but the more I read on, the less I enjoyed it. When Kyle is missing the events that follow bring Denise and Taylor together...if their pasts don't tear them appart. Full access is for members only. Sorry. I mean really, wouldn't repeatedly restraining him in a chair, often for hours on end, until he finally utters a single word be considered abuse in some states?

80% of the time I spend reading his stuff I'm bored out of my mind. My 15 year old daughter came home with this book from the school's library.

He still has some issues in his closet he needs to get through. A multigenerational story about two families bound together by the tides of history. people whose only other option is watching Entertainment Tonight on TV. Save; Quit; Help; More Resources: A service of the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.

I liked that they waited until they had kissed a few times, but really, can't he just hold off with the sex until they actually know each other? Refresh and try again. And that’s where the title of the book & Taylor’s jobs tie in. And actually, I did start out enjoying it better than I thought I would, perhaps because one of the main characters is a young boy with a disability (and I have one of those myself), but the more I read on, the less I enjoyed it. Admittedly, I'm not what you'd call a Sparks "fan". Even though I didn't finish this awful book, I find that over a week later I'm still FURIOUS about this: Before going anywhere with this review I would like to say that I love Nicholas Sparks.

BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. | I have read and enjoyed a few of his books, and this one screamed "afterthought". There are currently 61 reader reviews for The Rescue. When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks - risks no one else in the department would ever take - to save lives.

That it will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. A group of kids venture into enemy territory in an ambitious attempt to rescue their Navy Seal fathers who were captured during a failed mission in North Korea. A true heartwarmer. Beautifully captures the joys of a new family as it builds to an overwhelmingly moving climax. Denise hits the breaks as hard as she can, but on the wet road the tires lose grip and before she knows it the car is spinning out of control and heading towards the cypress trees. I would suggest this book for girls to read rather than boys.

Denise, while yes, being a devoted mother, was an entirely unlikeable character. To see what your friends thought of this book. Readalikes | How silly! Then, one day, a raging, record-breaking storm hits his small Southern town. Plot Keywords

If you've ever read Nicholas Sparks, you'll LOVE this one and won't be able to put it down. relationship between Taylor and Denise? In order to rescue Ezylryb, Soren must embark upon a perilous quest. I love Nicholas Sparks and this one didn't disappoint. Web. He always gives it his all on his volunteer firefighting/lifesaving job, often risking his life in the process. A team of Navy S.E.A.L.s are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the wrong hands.

As popular a story-teller as he is, Nicholas Sparks just doesn't do it for me. Aug 2001, 400 pages.

What is the symbolic meaning [2] Sparks's son, Ryan, was the inspiration for the book. As the story goes on they fall in love but he always has something else on his mind.

Presumably all the main figures in the story are "rescued"--the little boy is lost and then rescued, the single mother meets the rescuer of her little boy and falls in love with him and marries him (I think that is supposed to be HER rescue!)

Bucolic Edenton provides the ideal setting for eternal love in Nicholas Sparks’ beloved novel, The Rescue. I found Denise's obsession (portrayed by Sparks as devotion) with her son, Kyle, too easy, too pleasing and, at times, entirely sickening. SuperSummary - The Rescue Small provider of short book summaries. When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks; but there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love. April 1st 2005 Excerpt | Reading Guide |

This book was designed to feed the ego of every woman who believes she's supermom. I am so disappointed. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over, as soon as the relationship starts to become truly intimate. Excerpt | Reading Guide | And when she wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone. |

I had never planned on reading another Nicholas Sparks book, but my mother-in-law gave me a copy of this book thinking I would like it. Information at BookBrowse.com is published with the permission of the copyright holder or their agent. I'm still a Nicholas Sparks fan, though, because I am a woman, and I need my love stories. I did love this book and I think that Taylor McAden and Denise Holton's love story is beautiful and I love the characters and everything about this book. When she came to she was in frantic state needing to find her son.

The Rescue is a novel written by the American author Nicholas Sparks, first published in 2000. He helps the little boy to talk and understand words.

It usually takes about 3 days, and happens immediately following their first kiss. The review of this Book prepared by Letysha Bergstad. Okay, after finishing The Rescue just now, I no longer have a 3 way tie for my number one Sparks book. The Rescue Book Summary and Study Guide. Modesty could be a key word.

The Rescue. The novel "The Rescue," by Nicholas Edwards is heartwarming, sad, and exciting. Basically I thought it was incredibly sappy and trite, and I resented the characters for wasting my time. He was engaged at the time and wants nothing to do with Kyle.

The extra caffeine, she hoped, would keep her alert and focused on the drive, instead of on Kyle. him or are there other forces involved? Denise Holton, a young single mother, is driving through it when her car skids off the road.