From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and America's favorite chronicler of love stories comes the long-awaited follow-up to his classic The Notebook.

The Wedding

After thirty years of marriage, Wilson Lewis, son-in-law of Allie and Noah Calhoun (of The Notebook), is forced to admit that the romance has gone out of his marriage. Desperate to win back his wife, Jane's, heart, he must figure out how to make her fall in love with him... again.

Despite the shining example of Allie and Noah's marriage, Wilson is himself a man unable to easily express his emotions. A successful estate attorney, he has provided well for his family, but now, with his daughter's upcoming wedding, he is forced to face the fact that he and Jane have grown apart and he wonders if she even loves him anymore. Wilson is sure of one thing--his love for his wife has only deepened and intensified over the years. Now, with the memories of his in-laws' magnificent fifty-year love affair as his guide, Wilson struggles to find his way back into the heart of the woman he adores.

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With The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and his other beloved novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks has given voice to our deepest beliefs about the power of love. Now he brings us the long-awaited follow-up to The Notebook—a story of an ordinary man who goes to extraordinary lengths to win back the love of his life. . .

The WEDDING

After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault.

Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun, and their fifty-year love affair (originally recounted in The Notebook), Wilson himself is a man unable to express his true feelings. He has spent too little time at home and too much at the office, leaving the responsibility of raising their children to Jane. Now his daughter is about to marry, and his wife is thinking about leaving him. But if Wilson is sure of anything, it is this: his love for Jane has only grown over the years, and he will do everything he can to save their marriage.

With the memories of Noah and Allie’s inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to find a way to make his wife fall in love with him. . . all over again.

In this powerfully moving tale of love lost, rediscovered, and renewed, Nicholas Sparks once again brings readers his unique insight into the only emotion that ultimately really matters.

General Information on The Wedding

WHO

The Wedding was inspired by a few unnamed couples that Nicholas knows well. He won’t, however, be more specific for obvious reasons.

The Wedding tells the story Wilson and Jane Lewis, a couple married for thirty years. Wilson is an estate lawyer; Jane a homemaker. Noah, a character from The Notebook, is also revisited. Written in first-person, the story is told from Wilson’s point of view.

WHAT

The Wedding is a love story, one in which Wilson decides to court Jane, his wife of thirty years, all over again in the hopes of winning her love once more. The story is centered around the planning of a wedding after Anna, their oldest daughter, announces that she’s engaged. The Wedding is a follow-up to Nicholas’s first novel, The Notebook.

The Wedding, Nicholas’s eighth novel, is approximately 70,000 words in length.

WHERE

The Wedding was written in North Carolina.

The Wedding is set in New Bern, North Carolina.

WHEN

The Wedding was begun in August 2002 and completed in April, 2003, with extended breaks. The first seventy pages were written in August, and the book was set aside (to allow for editing of The Guardian) until late November. Writing continued from November until mid-January, when Nicholas took a trip around the world with his brother. Writing picked up in mid-February, and the novel was completed in April.

The story is contemporary.

THEME

Love and renewal

GENRE / SUB-GENRE

Dramatic fiction/Love story