Part of The Notebook
First published 1996
Noah Calhoun returns to coastal North Carolina after World War II and begins restoring a plantation house. At thirty-one, he cannot forget Allie Nelson, the woman he loved fourteen years ago during one summer when he was seventeen. Noah works on his house and lives with memories until Allie unexpectedly comes back to town. She is now twenty-nine and engaged to marry another man in just weeks. When they meet again, Allie discovers her feelings for Noah remain as strong as ever. But the same barriers that separated them before still exist. The distance between their social worlds has not shrunk. Allie must choose between the security of her planned marriage and the passion she feels for Noah. Their story becomes part of something larger when an elderly man reads from a worn notebook to a woman who cannot remember their shared past. The tale reveals how love persists across time and the sacrifices people make for it.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, adult, adult-fiction, love-story, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical, nostalgic, poignant, romantic
Tropes: class-conflict, love-triangle, second-chance-romance, star-crossed-lovers
Setting: North Carolina, Coastal North Carolina
Period: Post-World War II, 1940s
254 pages · Paperback · Grand Central Publishing