The Notebook

    amanwithafaded,well-wornnotebookopeninhislap.awomanexperiencingamorningritualshedoesntunderstand.untilhebeginstoreadtoher.thenotebookisanachinglytenderstoryabouttheenduringpoweroflove,astoryofmiraclesthatwillstaywithyouforever.setamidtheausterebeautyofcoastalnorthcarolinain1946,thenotebookbeginswiththestoryofnoahcalhoun,aruralsouthernerreturnedhomefromworldwarii.noah,thirty-one,isrestoringaplantationhometoitsformerglory,andheishauntedbyimagesofthebeautifulgirlhemetfourteenyearsearlier,agirlhelovedlikenoother.unabletofindher,yetunwillingtoforgetthesummertheyspenttogether,noahiscontenttolivewithonlymemories....untilsheunexpectedlyreturnstohistowntoseehimonceagain.allienelson,twenty-nine,isnowengagedtoanotherman,butrealizesthattheoriginalpassionshefeltfornoahhasnotdimmedwiththepassageoftime.still,theobstaclesthatonceendedtheirpreviousrelationshipremain,andthegulfbetweentheirworldsistoovasttoignore.withherimpendingmarriageonlyweeksaway,allieisforcedtoconfrontherhopesanddreamsforthefuture,afuturethatonlyshecanshape.likeapuzzlewithinapuzzle,thestoryofnoahandallieisjustthebeginning.asitunfolds,theirtalemiraculouslybecomessomethingdifferent,withmuchhigherstakes.theresultisadeeplymovingportraitofloveitself,thetendermomentsandthefundamentalchangesthataffectusall.shiningwithabeautythatisrarelyfoundincurrentliterature,thenotebookestablishesnicholassparksasaclassicstorytellerwithauniqueinsightintotheonlyemotionthatreallymatters.iamnothingspecial,ofthisiamsure.iamacommonmanwithcommonthoughtsandiveledacommonlife.therearenomonumentsdedicatedtomeandmynamewillsoonbeforgotten,butivelovedanotherwithallmyheartandsoul,andtome,thishasalwaysbeenenough.andsobeginsoneofthemostpoignantandcompellinglovestoriesyouwilleverread....thenotebook