TY - BOOK AU - Sparks,Nicholas TI - The notebook SN - 9780606358774 AV - PS3569.P363 N68 1996 U1 - 813/.54 20 PY - 1997/// CY - London PB - New York, Bantam KW - Oral reading KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - North Carolina KW - Older people KW - Love stories KW - gsafd N2 - The words of love... I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough. And so begins one of the most poignant and compelling love stories you will ever read... The Notebook . At thirty-one, Noah Calhoun, back in coastal North Carolina after World War II, is haunted by images of the girl he lost more than a decade earlier. At twenty-nine, socialite Allie Nelson is about to marry a wealthy lawyer, but she cannot stop thinking about the boy who long ago stole her heart. Thus begins the story of a love so enduring and deep it can turn tragedy into triumph, and may even have the power to create a miracle ER -