<Tr> <Th> Dewey Decimal </Th> <Td> 813 /. 54 21 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PS3569. P363 M47 1998 </Td> </Tr> <P> Message in a Bottle is the second romance novel written by American author Nicholas Sparks . The story, which explores the romance theme of love after grief, is set in the mid-late 1990s, then - contemporary Wilmington, North Carolina . The 1999 film Message in a Bottle produced by and starring Kevin Costner, is based on this novel . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (August 2010) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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