True Believer
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True Believer
Also by Nicholas Sparks
The Notebook
Message in a Bottle
A Walk to Remember
The Rescue
A Bend in the Road
Nights in Rodanthe
The Guardian
The Wedding
Three Weeks with My Brother (with Micah Sparks)
NICHOLAS
SPARKS
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True Believer
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For Rhett and Valerie Little, wonderful people, wonderful friends
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Acknowledgments
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As always, I have to thank my wife, Cathy, for her support while writing this novel. All that I’m able to do is because of her.
I also have to thank my children as well: Miles, Ryan, Landon, Lexie, and Savannah. What can I say? I was blessed the moment that each of you came into my life and I’m proud of you all.
Theresa Park, my agent, deserves a long round of applause for all that she does for me. Congrats on your new agency—Park Literary Group (for all you aspiring writers out there). I’m honored to call you my friend.
Jamie Raab, my editor, deserves my thanks, not only for the way she edits my novels, but for all the trust she places in me. I don’t know where my career would have ended up without you, and I’m thankful for your generosity and kindness.
Larry Kirshbaum and Maureen Egen are friends and colleagues, and it’s been my privilege to work with them. They are simply the best at what they do.
Denise DiNovi also deserves my thanks, not only for the films she’s made from my novels, but for those well-timed phone calls, which always brighten my day.
Thanks also to Howie Sanders and Dave Park, my agents at UTA, as well as Richard Green at CAA.
Lynn Harris and Mark Johnson, who helped to make The Notebook into the wonderful film that it was, also deserve my gratitude. Thanks for never losing your belief in the novel.
Special thanks to Francis Greenburger as well. He knows why— and I owe him one.
And finally, thanks to those people who work so hard behind the scenes and have become like family to me over the years: Emi Battaglia, Edna Farley, and Jennifer Romanello in the
True Believer
Also by Nicholas Sparks
The Notebook
Message in a Bottle
A Walk to Remember
The Rescue
A Bend in the Road
Nights in Rodanthe
The Guardian
The Wedding
Three Weeks with My Brother (with Micah Sparks)
NICHOLAS
SPARKS
......E ......
True Believer
[pic]
For Rhett and Valerie Little, wonderful people, wonderful friends
[pic]
Acknowledgments
....E ....
As always, I have to thank my wife, Cathy, for her support while writing this novel. All that I’m able to do is because of her.
I also have to thank my children as well: Miles, Ryan, Landon, Lexie, and Savannah. What can I say? I was blessed the moment that each of you came into my life and I’m proud of you all.
Theresa Park, my agent, deserves a long round of applause for all that she does for me. Congrats on your new agency—Park Literary Group (for all you aspiring writers out there). I’m honored to call you my friend.
Jamie Raab, my editor, deserves my thanks, not only for the way she edits my novels, but for all the trust she places in me. I don’t know where my career would have ended up without you, and I’m thankful for your generosity and kindness.
Larry Kirshbaum and Maureen Egen are friends and colleagues, and it’s been my privilege to work with them. They are simply the best at what they do.
Denise DiNovi also deserves my thanks, not only for the films she’s made from my novels, but for those well-timed phone calls, which always brighten my day.
Thanks also to Howie Sanders and Dave Park, my agents at UTA, as well as Richard Green at CAA.
Lynn Harris and Mark Johnson, who helped to make The Notebook into the wonderful film that it was, also deserve my gratitude. Thanks for never losing your belief in the novel.
Special thanks to Francis Greenburger as well. He knows why— and I owe him one.
And finally, thanks to those people who work so hard behind the scenes and have become like family to me over the years: Emi Battaglia, Edna Farley, and Jennifer Romanello in the