[Missouri-l] Final Reminder: Accessible world Presents Romance literature Discussion Group, March 19, 2010

[Nancy Lynn]

                News Wire:
Dear John, a beautiful novel authored by Nicholas Sparks  will be the 
subject of our next meeting in the romance discussion group.

John Tyree has grown up  detached from substantial relationships. His mother 
left when he was less than a year old.  his father is unlike him in every 
way. It is only as the novel unfolds that John learns just how true this is. 
Always on the move, active in sports and surfing, John's only desire is to 
get through the days  without making any serious or long-term commitment to 
anything or anyone.

Slowly,  he begins to notice the varied choices  lived by those with whom he 
went to high school and realizes   his life is on a track to nowhere fast. 
In an effort to make his father proud and change his life for the better, he 
enlists  in the Army.  that changes not only John but his ideas and ideals 
of what he desires for his future.

When the novel begins, he is looking back on his relationship with Savannah 
Curtis, a special ed teacher and volunteer for Habitat For Humanity. We 
learn at the onset that John and Savannah will not remain together, that 
just as he and his father live completely dissimilar lives, so do they. 
Savannah lives a life of purpose, dedication to home and hearth and family. 
She wants the kids, the white picket fence, a husband with whom she can 
share her dreams,  build a home and life together.

After they meet and fall in love, 911 happens and it changes them 
profoundly. A new fear walks their world, and it changes their hopes, 
dreams, and their future together.

More dedicated to the army, filled now with greater purpose, John decides to 
re-enlist, signaling the beginning of the end for this couple in love.

How much can love survive? Is there a limit to the strongest love, even 
though it sings to you in your dreams or wakes you with a happiness more 
complete than could be imagined. What does it mean to truly love another? 
How much of yourself should be sacrificed to have a happy loving 
relationship? Are there barriers in love that cannot be surmounted? Should 
you ever give up on love and when? Is there a calling even greater than 
love? When you follow another path, is there ever a chance to turn back? Can 
a choice be both right and wrong at the same time? What do you do with the 
heartache? How do you go on?

John wrestles with these questions. They fill his nights and days. Is the 
choice he makes in the end the right or best one? What would you do if you 
were in a situation like his.
Please join us for a discussion of these and other questions. Dear John  by 
Nicholas Sparks is available from the download site or can be obtained from 
your library.
Dear John  , Author : Nicholas Sparks, DB63515

I hope to see you Friday, March 19, 2010 for a conversation of a lovely 
novel that raises many issues and asks questions which will make for very 
fruitful substantive conversation.

Bonnie Blose, Group Facilitator
Email: Bookmaven1 at verizon.net

Date: Friday, March 19, 2010

Time: 6:00 PM PDT, 7:00 PM MST, 8:00 PM CST, 9:00 PM EST
         and elsewhere in the world Saturday 2:00 GMT.

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Literature Room at:

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Select The Romance Literature Room at: www.accessibleworld.org.
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