La vida de Veronica Ronnie Miller se viene abajo cuando sus padres se divorcian y su padre se muda de New York a Wilmington, Carolina del Norte. Tres anos despues se va a pasar el verano con su padre, quien es pianista y profesor, y esta llevando una vida tranquila en un pueblo de la playa. La historia es un hermoso mensaje de amor a diferentes niveles -el primer amor, el amor entre padres e hijos- que demuestra, como solo Nicholas Sparks sabe hacerlo, las diferentes formas en que el amor puede romper nuestros corazones y rearmarlos. / Seventeen year old Veronica ""Ronnie"" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father... until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels--first love, love between parents and children -- that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts... and heal them.