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Books : A Walk to Remember |
List Price: $35.00Amazon.com's Price: $22.40 You Save: $12.60 (36%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446525534
ISBN: 0446525537
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: October 01, 1999
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date: October 07, 1999
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
Sales Rank: 13116
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Product Description:
There was a time when the world was sweeter...when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats...when something happened to a seventeen-year-old boy that would change his life forever.
Every April, when the wind blows in from the sea and mingles with the scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High.
It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had once been in love. Certainly the last person in town he thought he'd fall for was Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's Baptist minister.
A quiet girl who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever asked her out.
Landon would never have dreamed of it. Then a twist of fate made Jamie his partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon Carter's life would never be the same. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road to manhood
No other author today touches our emotions more deeply than Nicholas Sparks. Illuminating both the strength and the gossamer fragility of our deepest emotions, his two New York Times bestsellers, The Notebook and Message in a Bottle, have established him as the leading author of today's most cherished love stories. Now, in A WALK TO REMEMBER, he tells a truly unforgettable story, one that glimmers with all of his magic, holding us spellbound-and reminding us that in life each of us may find one great love, the kind that changes everything...
Amazon.com Review:
In the prologue to his latest novel, Nicholas Sparks makes the rather presumptuous pledge "first you will smile, and then you will cry," but sure enough, he delivers the goods. With his calculated ability to throw your heart around like a yo-yo (try out his earlier Message in the Bottle or The Notebook if you really want to stick it to yourself), Sparks pulls us back to the perfect innocence of a first love.
In 1958 Landon Carter is a shallow but well-meaning teenager who spends most of his time hanging out with his friends and trying hard to ignore the impending responsibilities of adulthood. Then Landon gets roped into acting the lead in the Christmas play opposite the most renowned goody two-shoes in town: Jamie Sullivan. Against his best intentions and the taunts of his buddies, Landon finds himself falling for Jamie and learning some central lessons in life.
Like John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany, Sparks maintains a delicate and rarely seen balance of humor and sentiment. While the plot may not be the most original, this boy-makes-good tearjerker will certainly reel in the fans. Look for a movie starring beautiful people or, better yet, snuggle under the covers with your tissues nearby and let your inner sap run wild. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien
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Well I have read 8 out of the 13 books that Sparks has out and I own all of them and I just finished this one and this is Sparks at his best. It has the Sparks trademarks with its love, drama, and tragedy. This is a true survivor story and it is one of my favorite. It really takes you into both of the characters life and it brings you to love both of them. It is a real tear jerker when it nears the end, although I would have liked to know more on the end I overall loved the book. It is one of his ... Read More
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A Walk to Remember Book Review
By: Carly Tappan
Landon Carter Is a 57 year old man who lives in Beaufort North Carolina. In this book he reflects on his past; his childhood, school, and his first love. Landon is the son of a congressman. His father wants him to be successful and attend a good college, so he wants Landon to run for student body president. Landon wins student body president. He was to attend the school dance, but unfortunately he doesn't have ... Read More
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LOVELY book....
i read this book after i watched the movie....which i dint like so much.....
but after reading the book i watched the movie quiet a number of times....
this book is very GOOD and the movie isnt bad either.....
but READING the book gives the movie more meaning....
wonderfully and simple written...
though there were some pages where it got a bit too melodramatic.........
but suprisinlgy not in the parts betweent he main two characters........... ... Read More
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After reading "The Divide" I was expecting something more from Nicholas Evans. This was such a disappointment. I don't enjoy books written in first person, so after a couple of chapters I jumped to the back and even the finish was slow. A waste of money.........
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I am not a big reader at all but the story was really good. I would have given it a 5 but the reading was so predictable in the first half the book. I could read the first paragraph and then the last paragraph and not miss anything in between but the ending made up for it.
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