Counting Miracles, by Nicolas Sparks (Random House. Penguin, 2024, $30, 350pp HB)
If an author has written 23 novels, 11 of which have been made into movies, you know he has to be a good writer with a huge following. Perhaps you have even read one of his books, or more than one. Counting Miracles is his latest and I have to tell you, I got lost counting!
Sparks writes about the common man (and woman) and the meaning of life - what brings people together and keeps them together and, of course, about love. And children.
Each book is unique and memorable. Counting Miracles tells of a soldier, who is good at heart and travels the country touching base with the families of his fallen soldiers when an auto accident strands him in a mid-sized North Carolina town for an indeterminate length of time where he meets a woman and her two kids. Kaitlyn is a veterinarian - need I say more to whet your interest?
Interspersed with the story of Kaitlyn and Tanner, is the dog story of an elderly man living in the country: he has lost the love of his life along with his four children. He begins to teach Kaitlyn's son how to carve wood animals but along the way we learn about his life and what is important.
Chapters alternate seamlessly and eventually come together in a way I did not expect but have come to realize it is the only way to show love and caring and never giving up. A long book that reminds one of a family saga, Counting Miracles is so worth the read, another candidate for Book of the Year.
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