Nicholas Sparks / A Walk to Remember

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.... 

Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965, Omaha, Nebraska, USA) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of 23 novels (all of them New York Times bestsellers) and 2 non-fiction books. His works have been published in more than 50 languages and have sold over 150 million copies worldwide. Eleven of his novels—including A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Dear John, and The Last Song—have been adapted into films.