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by Nicholas Sparks (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In this New York Times bestseller, a single father discovers the true nature of unconditional love when a new chance at happiness turns his world upside down.

At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive, and an expansive home in Charlotte. He is living the dream, and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is at the center of it. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect existence, fault lines are beginning to appear . . . and no one is more surprised than Russ when every aspect of the life he has taken for granted is turned upside down.
In a matter of months, Russ finds himself without a job or a wife, caring for his young daughter while struggling to adapt to a new and baffling reality. Throwing himself into the wilderness of single parenting, Russ embarks on a journey at once terrifying and rewarding -- one that will test his abilities and his emotional resources beyond anything he's ever imagined.
When a chance encounter with an old flame tempts him to take a chance on love again, he will navigate this new opportunity with trepidation and wonder. But with the loyal support of his parents, the wisdom of his older sister, Marge, and in the hard-won lessons of fatherhood, Russ will finally come to understand the true nature of unconditional love -- that it is a treasure to be bestowed, not earned.
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"Two By Two is a tumultuous story wrapped in a world of broken relationships. Sparks invites readers to take a journey that stares risks and rewards directly in the face. Whether it's tenderness between a husband and wife or affection between a father and his daughter, Sparks has definitely mastered the art of love."
―Associated Press

"Two by Two is a deeply moving tale not only about the love between a father and a daughter but also about the power of family and the courage we must find within ourselves as we face the unknown."―Booklist, starred review

"Nicholas Sparks creates magic once again with his latest emotionally powerful novel. ...This is one of those rare beautiful novels, and somehow even feels like one of Sparks' best works yet."―RT Book Reviews

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With over 100 million copies of his books sold, Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved storytellers. His novels include sixteen #1 New York Times bestsellers, and all of his books, including Three Weeks with My Brother, the memoir he wrote with his brother, Micah, have been New York Times and international bestsellers, and were translated into more than fifty languages. Eleven of Nicholas Sparks's novels -- The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle -- have been adapted into major motion pictures.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01ER6Z7RI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing (October 4, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 4, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2305 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 497 pages
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Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 130 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 92 million copies in the United States alone.

Eleven of Nicholas Sparks's novels—The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle—have been adapted into major motion pictures. The Notebook has also been adapted into a Broadway musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson.

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Nicholas Sparks tiene ese don de hacerme llorar. Este libro me encanto. Las enseñanzas para los padres de familia. Si eres padre de una niña este libro es para ti. El final del libro llore a moco tendido. Léanlo porfavor.
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Kimberly Ambrose
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2024
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Two by Two is beautifully written as only Nicholas Sparks is able to do. As i read his words i laughed and sometimes cried. This book, this author, touches my soul like no other. A must read for anyone with a heart.
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Alex
5.0 out of 5 stars Nicholas Sparks Does It Again
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2024
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Another beautifully written story by Nicholas Sparks. Another one that pulls at all of your heart strings and leaves you hanging on every word, not wanting to put the book down, wondering what happens next. It’s a beautiful story of love and loss. Can’t recommend it or any of Nicholas Sparks’ books enough!
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Payton Stone
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read, not a typical Sparks story
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2016
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I seriously needed some time to process this book because it wasn’t as good as I was expecting. That’s why it took me so long to get this review up, but lets get to it.

It pains me so much to give a Nicholas Sparks book a 3.5/5 star rating. But, in my opinion, this one seriously dropped the ball. Not that it was bad because it wasn’t (I’m not sure Sparks is capable of writing a BAD book).

Let me explain:

It didn’t have the usual Nicholas Sparks punch of meaning and leaving you amazed. This was just kind of like ok, that was a nice ending without much else. It just didn’t have the emotional investment I’m used to getting while reading his books. This was just different.

From my understanding this “different” is due to the fact that this book was written happy Nicholas Sparks’ own divorce and the intent was for the feeling to be authentic. I just got the impression that the book was as scatter brained as Russ (and Sparks for that matter) were themselves.

Now I could never say Nicholas Sparks books are bad. But this was definitely my least favorite book by him (I haven’t read The Longest Ride or See Me yet).

To be completely honest, I kind of feel like I read 500 pages for no real revelation or emotion.

However, I did love the fact it’s told from a mans POV. I hardly ever read books told from that perspective. The fact it also entails a small child makes it even more enjoyable for me. I love the way the first couple of chapters are set up because you know something went wrong along the way in his marriage but you don’t know exactly what. And Russell takes his time getting to it while revealing just enough information to keep the reader interested. I also really enjoyed reading the flashbacks at the beginning of each chapter!

Sparks takes the time for us to understand exactly what the quirks of each character are. Gives a lot of back story which is really nice.

Over the course of the story I grow extremely suspicious of Vivian. I think she’s got a great man in Russell and any woman would be so lucky to have him. But she definitely takes him for granted in so many ways. She’s very selfish. She is the queen of guilt trips! My lord, I feel so bad for Russell. She is always kicking him while he’s down and he’s constantly trying to figure out what HE did wrong. Seriously, I get the feeling that she is bipolar. Why is Vivian trying to keep London away from Russ when she’s around?!

I sympathize with Russ because I’m a people pleaser too. That’s not always a good quality to have, as I know, and Russ slowly comes to the same realization.

The saddest thing to read is that Russell thinks he has this amazing marriage when really it’s built on a foundation of one sidedness. I feel like Russell gives and gives and all Vivian does is take from him. She’s definitely not supportive of him and his dreams and their communication is mostly non existent.

Time and time again I found myself thinking about how great of a father Russ is. I could only hope to find a man that would be that great with my children. Especially a daughter. Seeing a father and daughter connect the way they do just melts my heart. That aspect of the book was pure joy for me.

The second part of the book was a little confusing because it did a complete switch up.

The second part of the book seems like it was a completely different story. It went from focusing on Russ to focusing on Marge. It was kind of weird. It felt like Sparks lost interest in what he was writing half way through and decided to switch gears. And then in the end decided he needed to find a way to tied everything together and come back to his normal writing content.

What Marge did for Russ in the end was beautiful but I feel like there wasn’t much of an ending…

My thoughts on the content of the story:

After reading the synopsis of this book, I assumed Russ would literally be LEFT to RAISE his daughter all by HIMSELF, but that wasn’t the case. Vivian was still around, she was just working at first and then moved to another state (not too far away). To me, that was a tad bit misleading. Plus I feel like what I was expecting was completely off base, but more up the alley of what Sparks would normally write.

So if you’re expecting a story about a single dad who recently (possibly tragically) lost his wife and is left to raise his young daughter on his own. One that explains his struggles along the way to just make it day to day. Then finds love and happiness in someone else. For her to come along and “fix” everything and makes things easier. For her to make everything and everyone feel more complete. THIS IS NOT THAT!

That is definitely along the lines of what I was expecting from this story (just from reading mostly all of Sparks’ other books). That’s why I feel like Two by Two did NOT pack the punch of a normal Nicholas Sparks book.
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nancy Warner
5.0 out of 5 stars Real Life, Real Sorrow, Real New Beginnings
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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This novel took me through my own life, sorrows and beginnings. I saw Russ then I saw me and were both stronger than we thought. Now we both know it. I liked that he gave himself time to grieve and time to rebuild his life. Both are paths many of us have taken which makes this novel relatable. I cried many times knowing the pain but I also rejoiced at his courage and choices in the end. I loved the way he recognized that he has different rolls to different people and they strengthened him.
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Annieykc
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024
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It’s been a long time since a book has gripped me as Two by Two has.

Nicholas Sparks has an almost uncanny ability to write such true emotions, it leaves me in awe of his skill.

This book made me remember how great it is to read, not just reading for reading’s sake.
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Muffinhut
3.0 out of 5 stars Way too long
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
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My first Nicholas Sparks novel. Very slow moving; nothing really happens. A lot of details of daily living, even some description of what the characters wore. This was very boring. About 3/4 through, the story seems to change direction. Initially the two main characters are Russ and wife, Vivian. Russ is down on his luck at work and Vivian spends her time criticizing him and spending money. Later in the story, their marriage fails and the focus of the story is on Russ and his sister, Marge. Although they have been good friends throughout their lifetime Marge becomes very ill and she becomes the main focus of the story.

Also there is way too much focus on the activities of their 5 year old daughter, her pets, music lessons, dance lessons, art lessons and shopping trips with her mom.

Sorry, I just could not get myself to care.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024
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Loved this book. Nicholas Sparks did not let me down with this story. I hard a hard time putting it down.
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Quinn
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2024
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I feel the ending was rushed. I feel some things could have been left out and the story could have not necessarily went on longer but not ended so abruptly.
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Gloria Dawn Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars A story featuring family love and the wonderful bond between father and daughter
Reviewed in Canada on July 28, 2023
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A very special telling of family togetherness and love of a dad and his little girl
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Luna Wortmann
5.0 out of 5 stars Gute Story
Reviewed in Germany on January 18, 2024
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Macht Spaß zu lesen - empfehlenswert
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Alejandro Méndez Ochoa
5.0 out of 5 stars Buen regalo
Reviewed in Mexico on February 16, 2021
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Es el autor favorito de mi esposa, el libro llegó en perfecto estado.
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sudha A Kujur
5.0 out of 5 stars The essence of relationship
Reviewed in India on September 25, 2021
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'Two by two' is a beautiful family story and the flow is smooth. It describes the different relationships, the value of these relationships and how to nurture and keep it going without any forceful binding. Loved the spirit of love and sacrifice poured out in the story. I am glad that I got to read this book. It is one of the best books that I have read.
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Raisa
5.0 out of 5 stars Maravilhoso!
Reviewed in Brazil on February 21, 2020
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Esse livro é maravilhoso.
A história do Russ, o relacionamento dele com a família, a filha é incrível. Confesso que a bondade dele muitas vezes no decorrer da história me deixava irritada, mas logo comecei a entendê-lo, e admirar a sua forma de ser.

É uma história contagiante, que te faz querer devorar o livro, e se apaixonar por todos os personagens.
Nicholas Sparks sempre nos deixa apaixonada por suas histórias. É uma mistura de sentimentos, mas que logo se torna um só: Admiração.

Super recomendo!
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