The Rescue (Sparks novel)
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The Rescue is a novel written by the American author Nicholas Sparks
, first published in 2000. It debuted at number 2 on the New York Times Best Sellers list on October 8, 2000, and reached number 1 the following week.
, it was a rainy night and a deer jumped out in front of her car. Denise swerved, causing her to run off the road and into the tree line. Taylor McAden, a firefighter, drives up on the scene and finds Denise banged up pretty badly. Denise looks in her backseat where Kyle was supposed to be sitting in his car seat. She starts to panic because he isn't there. She turns to the fireman
. “You have my son, don’t you?”. The rain started to fall even harder than before. Taylor and Denise were frantically screaming Kyle’s name, hoping to hear him or find him, but they had no luck at that point. They had a whole search party looking Kyle. Finally hours later they found him in a duck blind in the woods. Taylor got a call about a fire at the warehouse. He goes and he rescues people out of the burning building there was only one death and it was Taylor’s best friend, Mitch. Finally, Taylor and Denise start dating. They get married in the end and have a son together. Kyle finally starts talking better and tells his mother he loves her and calls Taylor daddy.
Nicholas Sparks (author)
Nicholas Charles Sparks is an internationally-bestselling American novelist and screenwriter. He has 16 published novels, with thematic ideas that include cancer, death and love. Six have been adapted to film, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe,...
, first published in 2000. It debuted at number 2 on the New York Times Best Sellers list on October 8, 2000, and reached number 1 the following week.
Plot summary
While Denise was driving to her home with Kyle, her son, on the way back to Edenton, North CarolinaEdenton, North Carolina
Edenton is a town in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,966 at the 2008 census. It is the county seat of Chowan County. Edenton is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region. In recent years Edenton has become a popular retirement location and a destination for...
, it was a rainy night and a deer jumped out in front of her car. Denise swerved, causing her to run off the road and into the tree line. Taylor McAden, a firefighter, drives up on the scene and finds Denise banged up pretty badly. Denise looks in her backseat where Kyle was supposed to be sitting in his car seat. She starts to panic because he isn't there. She turns to the fireman
Fireman
Fireman may refer to::* Firefighter, person who extinguishes fires and rescues people from harms way.* Fire Safety Officer, a senior ranking firefighter or Fire Safety Inspector in the UK...
. “You have my son, don’t you?”. The rain started to fall even harder than before. Taylor and Denise were frantically screaming Kyle’s name, hoping to hear him or find him, but they had no luck at that point. They had a whole search party looking Kyle. Finally hours later they found him in a duck blind in the woods. Taylor got a call about a fire at the warehouse. He goes and he rescues people out of the burning building there was only one death and it was Taylor’s best friend, Mitch. Finally, Taylor and Denise start dating. They get married in the end and have a son together. Kyle finally starts talking better and tells his mother he loves her and calls Taylor daddy.
Main characters
- Denise Holton has no family, both of her parents have died. She is a single mother of a child with severe learning disabilitiesAutismAutism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...
by a former one-night stand. She was a school teacher for many years but now she doesn’t teach anymore; she spends all her time trying to teach her son how to speak. She has a part-time job as a waitress and makes just enough money to get by. - Kyle Holton is the 4-year-old son of Denise Holton. Kyle has severe learning disabilities.
- Brett Cosgrove is Denise’s former one-night stand, leading up to Kyle’s existence. He was engaged at the time and wants nothing to do with Kyle.
- Taylor McAden—is a volunteer firefighter for the Edenton Fire Department, owns his own carpenterCarpenterA carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....
and contractorIndependent contractorAn independent contractor is a natural person, business, or corporation that provides goods or services to another entity under terms specified in a contract or within a verbal agreement. Unlike an employee, an independent contractor does not work regularly for an employer but works as and when...
job. He was the person who found Denise’s son the night of her car wreck. Taylor has had problems in the past with commitment, but that all will change throughout the book. - Judy McAden is the mother of Taylor McAden; she came to the hospital to spend time with Denise while her son was out looking for Kyle.
- Mitch Johnson is Taylor’s best friend and a volunteer firefighter for the Edenton Fire Department also. Taylor goes to him and his wife for all the advice that he needs about his relationship with Denise. While Mitch and Taylor were on call, they get a call about a fire in a warehouse. Mitch was found by Taylor; he trapped underneath a collapsed wall in the building. He had died.