
She goes to the author of the article and gets a copy.

Fascinated by the letter, Theresa does research into the topic and finds a third letter quoted in an article. A woman calls claiming to have another letter by the same author. The public reaction is overwhelming she returns from vacation to countless people wanting to know more. They convince her to publish it in the parenting column she writes for the Boston Times. She shows it to her friend and her editor. She finds it one of the most powerful things she has ever read. While she jogs, she notices a bottle on the beach. She is thinking that she misses being married-not her husband specifically but having a constant companion. As Message in a Bottle begins, Theresa Osborne, the single mother of a twelve-year-old son and a recent divorcée, is on a rare vacation and running along the beach. Exploring themes of love, distance, fate, and overcoming grief, Message in a Bottle, one of Sparks’ most successful novels, was adapted into a 1999 film starring Kevin Costner and Robin Wright. Garrett is still mourning his deceased wife, and there are many bumps along the way. They soon develop a passionate romance, although both are hesitant to begin another relationship. She publishes the letter and soon discovers others, attracting the attention of the author, Garrett Blake, a fisherman. One day, she finds a bottle on the shore containing a letter and is shocked by the passion and love expressed in the letter. Theresa Osborne is grieving the end of her eight-year marriage.

Message in a Bottle is a 1998 romance novel, the second written by American author Nicholas Sparks.
