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  Short Summary Nicholas Sparks is the kind of author one turns to when they're in need of having their literary palette cleansed, so-to-speak. Generally writing stories of a more uplifting nature, Sparks has recently published another poignant novel, titled Dreamland .  It follows the separate adventures of a young couple experiencing first love, and that of a mother desperately trying to care for her son. Though hundreds of miles separate them, they're drawn on a collision course, promising to change their lives forever.

One of the many questions we are going to keep asking ourselves as we go through our lives is: what's actually important? We are surrounded by so many people and material possessions that we often lose track of what it is that truly defines our existence and makes it worthwhile. Unfortunately, some people go through a personal hell of loss to find the truly meaningful elements of their lives, as does Russell Green in Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks.

Let's face it, most pictures of people we don't know, even if taken professionally, have only the briefest of effects on us, being generally unmemorable, partly due to our inability to relate with them. However, there are some photographs which cannot fall into the category of the forgettable; there are some pictures where the depicted people end up touching us inexplicably. It is not unheard of for people to be drawn to complete strangers based on nothing more than their photographs and undertaking journeys to find them.

Ira Levinson is a ninety-one year old man with a whole life of experience behind him. Though he knows his time will soon come, he never thought it would be this soon. After suffering a car accident, becoming stranded and injured, Ira feels the life fleeting away from him, until his wife Ruth starts to appear next to him, which is surprising considering she died nine years ago.