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A couple’s love story read aloud in a nursing home

The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

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1996Easy readSteady pace

What it is about

An elderly man reads a story from a notebook to a woman with dementia. It tells of Noah and Allie, who fell in love one summer in the 1940s. Sparks’s 1996 debut became a bestselling romance.

Who will enjoy it

Readers who enjoy romance and love stories, with a warm mood and a steady pace. It is an easy read.

Themes: Love · Memory · Summer

Screen adaptation

The Notebook (2004)

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About the author

Nicholas Sparks1 book on Tori Books

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