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The Notebook / The Wedding
Listening length: approximately 13 hours
The Notebook: Read by Barry Bostwick
Scenes from the past and a collection of intensely personal letters tell the story of a long married couple now confined to a nursing home.
The wedding: Read by Tom Wopat
To save his own marriage, a middle-aged man takes inspiration from his in-law's enduring love.
The Notebook: Read by Barry Bostwick
Scenes from the past and a collection of intensely personal letters tell the story of a long married couple now confined to a nursing home.
The wedding: Read by Tom Wopat
To save his own marriage, a middle-aged man takes inspiration from his in-law's enduring love.
13 pages, Audio CD
Published September 25, 2006
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Nicholas Sparks
406 books238k followersNicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 130 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 92 million copies in the United States alone.
Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020), The Wish (2021), and Dreamland (2022), as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. His twenty-fourth novel, Counting Miracles, will be published on September 24, 2024.
Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars. The Notebook has also been adapted into a Broadway musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson.
Sparks lives in North Carolina. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually. He co-founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006. As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4×400 meters, as well as US High School National Records in the 800 Medley and 1600 Medley. Click to watch the Runner’s World video with Nicholas.
The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2011, to provide scholarships and fund educational programs for underprivileged and disadvantaged youth. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects. Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs.
Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020), The Wish (2021), and Dreamland (2022), as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. His twenty-fourth novel, Counting Miracles, will be published on September 24, 2024.
Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars. The Notebook has also been adapted into a Broadway musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson.
Sparks lives in North Carolina. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually. He co-founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006. As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4×400 meters, as well as US High School National Records in the 800 Medley and 1600 Medley. Click to watch the Runner’s World video with Nicholas.
The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2011, to provide scholarships and fund educational programs for underprivileged and disadvantaged youth. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects. Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs.
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January 18, 2020
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March 3, 2010
Garbage, I can not believe people like him so well. In fact, I refuse to read any of his other works. I even had them checked out but returned them once I read "The Notebook." Gag!
January 25, 2010
I liked "The Notebook" more than the sequel, "The Wedding" Created a great awareness of Alzheimers. Great author. Sweet idea, but is anyone really that sweet? Does anyone really show love like that?
May 6, 2015
I enjoyed reading this book. This book showed me about how people truly can fall out of love and then back into it. In this book it amazed me to see how much love Wilson had for his wife even after they were slowly drifting apart.
This book is about a couple who have been married for thirty years but their love for each other has slowly been drifting away. Wilson wants to try and win Jane's love back, but he does not quite know how to do that. Wilson's father in law, Noah, has had an impact on how Wilson should find the love that Jane and Wilson once had. Wilson wants their marriage to be like Jane's parent's marriage is. Wilson's daughter is getting married the same weekend as Jane and his wedding anniversary, so, Wilson is desperately trying to find a way back into his wife's heart.
Wilson is an estate attorney who is trying to get the love back between him and his wife. Jane is Wilson's wife. She has long black hair and is a very caring person. They have three children, Anna, 27 years old, is the oldest and is working for "Raleigh News and Observer". Joseph is 26 years old and lives in New York City. Leslie is the youngest. She is studying biology and physiology.
The setting of this book is in New Bern, North Carolina. I think this book was placed in modern times, because of how this book is based off the movie "The Notebook". The people in this book seemed to have modern day jobs like the ones we have today.
I would recommend this book to girls that are in 9th-12th grade. I only recommend this book to girls, because it is more of a romance book and I do not think that guys like to read about romance. I chose 9th-12th graders because I do not think that younger kids would fully understand what is going on in this book.
This book is about a couple who have been married for thirty years but their love for each other has slowly been drifting away. Wilson wants to try and win Jane's love back, but he does not quite know how to do that. Wilson's father in law, Noah, has had an impact on how Wilson should find the love that Jane and Wilson once had. Wilson wants their marriage to be like Jane's parent's marriage is. Wilson's daughter is getting married the same weekend as Jane and his wedding anniversary, so, Wilson is desperately trying to find a way back into his wife's heart.
Wilson is an estate attorney who is trying to get the love back between him and his wife. Jane is Wilson's wife. She has long black hair and is a very caring person. They have three children, Anna, 27 years old, is the oldest and is working for "Raleigh News and Observer". Joseph is 26 years old and lives in New York City. Leslie is the youngest. She is studying biology and physiology.
The setting of this book is in New Bern, North Carolina. I think this book was placed in modern times, because of how this book is based off the movie "The Notebook". The people in this book seemed to have modern day jobs like the ones we have today.
I would recommend this book to girls that are in 9th-12th grade. I only recommend this book to girls, because it is more of a romance book and I do not think that guys like to read about romance. I chose 9th-12th graders because I do not think that younger kids would fully understand what is going on in this book.
June 10, 2011
The Wedding is narrated by Wilson Lewis, the son-in-law of Noah and Allie Calhoun. Wilson's absentminded neglect of his relationship with his wife, Jane, comes to a head when he forgets their twenty-ninth anniversary. Her response brings Wilson to the realization that Jane may no longer be in love with him. With some help from Noah, Wilson decides to re-marry Jane in the hopes of rekindling some of the magic from early in their relationship.In this novel, Nicholas Sparks uses Noah as Wilson's help to the heart. When Anna( there daughter, Jane and Wilson), announces that she and boyfriend, Keith, going to get married in one week—on Jane and Wilson's thirtieth anniversary—Wilson finds the perfect time to display his year-long romantic efforts to win Jane back. While both Jane and Wilson support the immediacy of the wedding given Noah's unstable health, Jane is not pleased with Anna's request for a cheap wedding. Jane wants Anna to have a formal ceremony and reception—the kind of wedding she never had. Wilson helps Anna and Jane reach a compromise, and he plays a big part in pulling the wedding together. He draws on his memories of how he first married Jane as a guide to planning a wedding-to-remember for his daughter, and in the process shows Jane the man he wants to become.
My Response to this book was that it had a lot of Love, caring, and romance. I really liked this book for theses reasons because you can feel the will of Wilson to change and gain his love back from Jane and I was really touched by that which makes this book great to read, i would definitely recommend this to any one.
My Response to this book was that it had a lot of Love, caring, and romance. I really liked this book for theses reasons because you can feel the will of Wilson to change and gain his love back from Jane and I was really touched by that which makes this book great to read, i would definitely recommend this to any one.
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May 13, 2015
I love this book! And I love Nicholas Sparks. He raises the standards for guys. Every girl should be treated how his books show. This is an amazing book because it takes you through a journey of a husband and wife who are having a hard time with marriage. They're also helping their daughter get ready for her wedding but the BAM it's not really her wedding. It surprised me so much but i loved it. This is one of those books that makes you never want to stop reading it until you are finished. Five star rating.
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February 26, 2016
CUTE DUET. I did these on audio while traveling and don't think I gave them as much attention as they deserved. Both books are quick pleasant reads and I think anyone that takes the time to read them will be happy they did. I am looking forward to reading the text version and hope it's not too far in the future.
September 14, 2007
THis is such a great book, anyone who loved The Notebook has to read this book!
March 6, 2009
typical Nicholas Sparks, but better than the movie, with the exception of the ending. How can you not love James Garner
May 23, 2017
i enjoyed the first book and to have a second book added to it makes it even better. ive always wanted to know what happened to these two characters in the background and how they have grown apart with the Alzheimer disease. its sad but at the same time its a addicting read something you cant put down and you have to read all the time. if i had to choose a book to read all the time it would be this book since it contains two in one i love it. this story i have read it twice when i was in 7th grade and now as a senior in high school and i enjoy it the same it doen`t get old for me in any shape or form it just makes me more in love with it.
August 4, 2025
So I actually really liked this book- I haven’t read a classic typed Nicholas Sparks romance book in forever and realized I like them. It wrapped up as a classic Happy Ending. But it had a surprise ending which I wasn’t expecting; I don’t love what the ending was but I loved that it surprised me and it was super cute.
August 20, 2017
With weddings on my mind this summer, I picked up this book with great hope. Though it did capture my attention, it did not quench my thirst on the subject. It was like only having a warm sweet juice when you're really thirsty for a cool glass of water. It was ok. Somewhat cheesy.
July 21, 2021
By far my FAVORITE Nicholas Sparks book and the most realistic book he has wrote. All the other books are amazing but something are more o that would never happen. However this one it is possible and it gives me hope.
By far my FAVORITE book. I have read this book at least 8 times.
By far my FAVORITE book. I have read this book at least 8 times.
March 20, 2025
2.5 stars. I read and loved the Notebook as an idealistic and unrealistic 14-year-old. Re-reading it as an adult sits differently, but I still enjoyed the nostalgia and love the premise of the story.
May 11, 2017
It was another typical Sparks book. Beautiful story, filled wi h laughter and tears. Enjoyed this book as much as the other Sparks books!
October 29, 2020
Compared to the movie this book absolutely sucked.
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November 23, 2020So moving.
June 17, 2021
Three pages in and I was already crying. The Notebook is beautifully crafted, a superb piece of fiction, depicting true love, real unconditional love at its best and toughest..
July 30, 2021
Loved it!
Read
September 23, 2021Need to read it again
October 28, 2021
Just okay-ish.
March 30, 2022
I read this book because it was Justin Biebers fav movie. I don’t regret it 😭😭😭💘
December 31, 2022
My favorite book by Nicholas Sparks.
March 13, 2023
Never gets old. I love all Nicolas Sparks books. This is a must read. True love at its best.
March 22, 2023
This was a predictable storyline, but sometimes that’s fun!
September 14, 2023
My absolute favorite book of all time.
October 3, 2023
If you loved, The Notebook, you will love this book more. So Good!
October 22, 2023
If you read The Notebook, this book is a must!
A simple, beautiful and romantic book!
Nicholas Sparks is the author that got me into reading romantic books so thank you!!❤️
A simple, beautiful and romantic book!
Nicholas Sparks is the author that got me into reading romantic books so thank you!!❤️
January 14, 2024
The wedding is one of my most favorite books ever! This one should have been a movie instead of the notebook!
July 23, 2024
Brilliant novel shame it can't be made into a movie
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