TY - BOOK AU - Sparks,Nicholas TI - The longest ride SN - 9780751549959 (pbk.) AV - PS3569.P363 L66 2013b U1 - 813/.54 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Sphere KW - Unmarried couples KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Life change events KW - Love stories KW - gsafd N2 - Ninety-one year old Ira Levinson is in trouble. Struggling to stay conscious after a car crash, his mind fading, an image of his beloved, and long-dead, wife Ruth appears. Forcing him to hang on, she lovingly recounts the joys and sorrows of their life together. College student Sophia Danko's life is about to change. Recovering from a break-up, her encounter with young cowboy Luke throws her into a world free of privileged frat boys, where survival is real and terrifying. But while Sophie begins to see a different future for herself, Luke has a secret which threatens it all. Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples, separated by years and experience, whose lives are about to converge in the most unexpected - and shocking - of ways. The new epic love story from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Notebook, The Lucky One and The Best of Me. Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved authors ER -