The Longest Ride

Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old in
poor health and alone in the world he finds himself
stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash.
Suffering multiple injuries he struggles to retain
consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes
into focus beside him: his beloved wife Ruth who passed
away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on she forces him
to remain alert by recounting the stories of their
lifetime together – how they met the precious paintings
they collected together the dark days of WWII and its
effect on them and their families. Ira knows that Ruth
can’t possibly be in the car with him but he clings to her
words and his memories reliving the sorrows and everyday
joys that defined their marriage. A few miles away at a
local rodeo a Wake Forest College senior’s life is about
to change. Recovering from a recent break-up Sophia Danko
meets a young cowboy named Luke who bears little
resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has
encountered at school. Through Luke Sophia is introduced
to a world in which the stakes of survival and success
ruin and reward — even life and death – loom large in
everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love Sophia finds
herself imagining a future far removed from her plans — a
future that Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the
secret he’s keeping doesn’t destroy it first. Ira and
Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in
common and who are separated by years and experience. Yet
their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy
reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions
can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair beyond
death to the farthest reaches of the human heart.