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Average rating3.5
After thirty years of marriage, Wilson Lewis, son-in-law of Allie and Noah Calhoun (of The Notebook), is forced to admit that the romance has gone out of his marriage. Desperate to win back his wife, Jane’s, heart, he must figure out how to make her fall in love with him… again. Despite the shining example of Allie and Noah’s marriage, Wilson is himself a man unable to easily express his emotions. A successful estate attorney, he has provided well for his family, but now, with his daughter’s upcoming wedding, he is forced to face the fact that he and Jane have grown apart and he wonders if she even loves him anymore. Wilson is sure of one thing—his love for his wife has only deepened and intensified over the years. Now, with the memories of his in-laws’ magnificent fifty-year love affair as his guide, Wilson struggles to find his way back into the heart of the woman he adores.
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2 primary booksThe Notebook is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Nicholas Sparks.
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After being recommended to watch The Notebook and enjoying it immensely I popped along to my local library to try and borrow the book, instead of finding The Notebook on the shelf I found this sequel and thought I'd give it a try.
This is a beautiful story about what it means to keep a marriage alive throughout the many ups and downs that life throws at us and the mundane routines of every day life. I found it an absolute joy to read and at many points found myself sympathetic to the needs of both lead characters and the battle between trying to provide financially for your family and the sacrifices that brings versus the need to be there for the memorable stuff like birthday parties, sports days and school plays.
Marriage is all about compromise and hard work and this book illustrates this perfectly - I was crying buckets at the end of this book. Beautiful and well written and I preferred it to The Notebook.
Ok, so I didn't really think that I'd like a Nicholas Sparks book, however, I didn't think it would really be fair to discount him as an author without actually giving one of his books a chance.
This was a very sweet story, with a very sweet message. I would recommend it to others who enjoy romance books. Even though I enjoyed it, I'm still not sure if I'd pick up another of his books. Perhaps I'll give another one a try sometime.
A fantastic book by Nicholas Sparks. I must say, I liked it more than The Notebook. The twist in the story was totally unexpected.