![]() The result is that two bottlesdropped simultaneously into the ocean might end up a continent apart,or even on opposite sides of the globe. ![]() ![]() ![]() Occasionallya fishing net will snag a bottle and carry it a dozen miles in theopposite direction in which it was headed. Winds and currents play large roles in any bottlesdirection storms and debris may shift its course as well. Like that of all bottles left to the whim of the oceans, its course wasunpredictable. It was, in a way, the ideal home for the message it carriedinside, a message that had been sent to fulfill a promise. It could float safely throughhurricanes or tropical storms, it could bob atop the most dangerous ofriptides. But when sealedproperly and sent to sea, as this one was, it became one of the mostseaworthy objects known to man. Like all bottles, it was fragile andwould break if dropped a few feet from the ground. The bottle was dropped overboard on a warm summer evening, a fewhours before the rain began to fall. The author of the runaway "New York Times" bestseller "The Notebook" pens a tale of self-discovery, renewal, and the courage it takes to love again the second time around. ![]() CNN - Books: "Message in a Bottle" by Nicholas Sparks - April 10, 1998 ![]()
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