Synopses & Reviews
- A Walk to Remember was published in Warner hardcover (0-446-52553-7) in 1999. A New York Times bestseller, it has nearly 4.5 million copies in combined print. In Warner paperback (2000; 0-446-60895-5), it is the author's fastest-selling backlist title. The Warner Bros. feature film version starring Mandy Moore was a hit in 2002.
- Spark's New York Times bestselling novels do extraordinarily well in trade paperback format. The Wedding, which hit #1 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list, will be published in trade paperback in 7/04; Nights in Rodanthe (Warner, 7/03) has nearly 500,000 copies in print; and The Notebook (Warner, 1999), which is due out as a major feature film in 6/04, has over 266,000 copies in print.
- Three Weeks with My Brother, the author's memoir co-written with his brother Micah Sparks, was published in Warner hardcover in 4/04 with an initial printing of 500,000 copies.
- Available as a Time Warner AudioBook."
Synopsis
The heartbreaking story of star-crossed high school lovers--a rebel and a minister's daughter--who find love and courage in each other, from the world's #1 beloved author of love stories.
There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet....
Synopsis
A high school rebel and a minister's daughter find strength in each other in this star-crossed tale of young but everlasting love (Chicago Sun-Times).
There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet....
Synopsis
There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet....
About the Author
With over 95 million copies of his books sold, Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved storytellers. His novels include twelve #1
New York Times bestsellers, and all his books, including
Three Weeks with My Brother, the memoir he wrote with his brother, Micah, have been
New York Times and international bestsellers, and were translated into more than fifty languages. Nine of Nicholas Sparks's novels-
The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and
Message in a Bottle-were also adapted into major motion pictures with
The Longest Ride coming in Spring 2015. In 2011, he established the Nicholas Sparks Foundation to inspire and transform students' lives through education, curriculum development, and life-changing international experiences. To learn more, go to www.NicholasSparksFoundation.org. The author lives in North Carolina with his wife and family. You can visit him at www.NicholasSparks.com.