The Notebook

Name: The Notebook
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.03 (236 reviews)
Author: Nicholas Sparks
ISBN: 9781594833168

Author: Nicholas Sparks

Narrator: Barry Bostwick

Unabridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 08/01/2005

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Small Town & Rural, Family Life

Synopsis

The unforgettable, heartbreaking love story from a New York Times bestselling author about a young socialite and the boy who once stole her heart—now an iconic motion picture starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams.

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 Noah. 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...

Every so often a love story so captures our hearts that it becomes more than a story—it becomes an experience to remember forever. The Notebook is such a book. It is a celebration of how passion can be ageless and timeless, a tale that moves us to laughter and tears and makes us believe in true love all over again...

About Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Charles Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska in December 1965. He is an American novelist primarily, but has also developed into a screen - writer and producer of films. He is an Alumni of the University of Note Dame, and is recently separated from wife, Cathy. They have five children.

At 19, Sparks was inspired to begin writing by a comment his Mother made to him. After writing two early novels, Sparks sought to attend law school, but was rejected. He tried several other careers in the next three years before co-authoring a book that only sold 50,000 copies the first year. It was not until moving to Washington, DC in 1993, that he wrote his most famous and celebrated novel, The Notebook. The novel was discovered by a literary agent who found it in her agencies "slush pile". In 1996, The Notebook made the New York Times best-selling listing the first week it was released.

Sparks has had several international best-sellers and several have been adapted to film: Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, The Lucky One, Safe Haven, and The Best of Me.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Phyllis on 2007-04-15 16:49:42

I didn't see the movie;judging by the hype, I'd guess it was a LOT better than the book. Boring plot, lackluster writing, nothing happens. Snore!

AudiobooksNow review by Jamie on 2012-03-27 21:26:20

I thought this was on okay book but it did drag on in some places.

Goodreads review by jessica on May 12, 2020

well, i was promised tears and, unfortunately, my eyes are as dry as the sahara. i will say that i think the story itself has an unbelievable amount of potential - its the execution that leaves much to be desired. i just couldnt believe the connection between noah and allie and i think its because w......more

Goodreads review by Kat Kennedy on October 31, 2010

Have you ever come across something so undeniably cute that you feel like you may be crushed by the weight of squee that’s about to explode from you chest. Kind of like when you see this? That’s what reading The Notebook was like. The romantic tone of The Notebook was both its greatest asset and bigge......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on August 12, 2024

Would Allie have loved Noah if he lived in a cramped apartment? When the movie came out, I was a teenager, clueless about love and the ways of the world, I absolutely loved The Notebook. However, now that I just read the book, I am convinced Allie made the wrong choice! Allie talks about how she thinks......more

Goodreads review by ♥︎ Heather ⚔(Semi-Hiatus) on February 07, 2025

* ੈ♡‧₊˚ “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..” ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـﮩ......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 09, 2020

Quotes

"A classic tale of love."—Christian Science Monitor

"A one-night read . . . If you are in need of a good cry, The Notebook is absolutely the right book."—USA Today

"The lyrical beauty of this touching love story . . . will captivate the heart of every reader."—Denver Rocky Mountain News

"A more romantic testament to love's enduring miracle than Robert James Waller's TheBridges of Madison County."—Library Journal