# The Longest Ride

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- Book: [The Longest Ride](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicholas-sparks/the-longest-ride) ([The Longest Ride.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicholas-sparks/the-longest-ride.md))
- Authors: [Nicholas Sparks](https://www.bookquiver.com/nicholas-sparks), [Ron McLarty](https://www.bookquiver.com/ron-mclarty)
- Publisher: Sphere
- ISBN: 978-07-5154-996-6
- Published: 2014-07-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Two couples. Two love stories. One epic tale. Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson is in trouble. Struggling to stay conscious after a car crash, with his mind fading, an image of his adored - and long-dead - wife Ruth appears. Urging him to hang on, she lovingly recounts the joys and sorrows of their life together - how they met, the dark days of WWII and its unrelenting effect on their families. A few miles away, college student Sophia Danko's life is about to change. Recovering from a break-up, she meets the young, rugged Luke and is thrown into a world far removed from her privileged school life. Sophia sees a new and tantalising future for herself, but Luke is keeping a secret that could destroy 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 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.