40 pages 1 hour read

Nicholas Sparks

Message In A Bottle

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

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Chapters 11-13Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 11 Summary

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death and pregnancy loss.

Garrett has another dream about Catherine. They chase each other around a field, and she gets close to a cliff’s edge. He shouts to her, but his voice turns to a whisper. When she realizes how close she is to falling, she asks if he thought he was going to lose her. He promises it won’t happen again. Later, he tells Jeb he doesn’t know if he can keep seeing Theresa, because she lives so far away. Jeb says he was wrong not to look for love again, and he doesn’t want Garrett to make the same mistake.

The next time Garrett and Theresa talk, Theresa expresses her hope that Garrett has been dreaming of her; he recognizes the irony of her comment. She asks him to visit her in Boston, though he is reluctant. Still unsettled by his most recent dream, he tries to write to Catherine as he’s done in the past, but the words won’t come. He recalls a memory where Catherine confessed to “craving” different foods. The more Garrett and Theresa talk, the better he feels, and he goes to visit her.