Katie then opens up and tells Alex everything, and he accepts her and loves her even more. Their first date is dinner at her house, and he reveals that he knows she is hiding from a husband.

In the novel, Alex used to be a detective in the army and he figures out that Katie must be hiding from an abusive husband just by noticing the way she acts. Unfortunately, in the movie most of these precious moments with Jo are left out. Katie opens up to her about her childhood, her abusive husband, and her feelings for Alex. In the novel, Katie and Jo have a much deeper friendship and spend a lot more time together. This makes her character seem more independent and intelligent. However, in the novel, Katie plans out her escape with great detail over time. She seems like a typical shell of an abused woman. In the movie, Katie runs away in a frantic hurry. There are also many other big changes between the two. Some of the basic changes in detail include: the movie begins in a different spot than the book for organization and clarity, in the novel Katie is a natural blonde who goes brunette and in the movie it is reversed, Alex has gray hair in the novel and in the movie he is younger and more beautiful, in the novel Alex’s daughter’s name is “Kristen” and her name is changed to “Lexie” in the movie, in the novel Katie spends a few weeks living on her own in Philadelphia before moving to North Carolina, Katie stole her neighbors’ dead daughter’s social security card and birth certificate to hide her identity in the novel, Katie’s neighbor helped her escape in the movie, Kevin is much more brutal in the novel, and the beatings that Katie endures and Kevin’s personal thoughts are more detailed in the novel. While the very basic plot line is the same in both the novel and the film, there are so many changes in details and story development that make the two seem as if they are complete opposites. With encouragement from her new confidant Jo, Katie finds true love and discovers what a real relationship is. She falls in love with the kind, widowed Alex, and his two children, Josh and Kristen. The story follows Erin, who changes her name to Katie, a Boston woman in a terribly abusive marriage, who escapes her husband Kevin to start a new life in North Carolina. The film was released by Relativity Media, in association with Nicholas Sparks Productions, and has already grossed over 57 million dollars.

The film stars Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, and Cobie Smulders. Safe Haven w as released in theaters on Valentine’s Day, 2013. Another Nicholas Sparks novel has recently been turned into a film.

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