''A Walk to Remember'' is a magnificent
novel by Nicholas Sparks, whose story was later adopted for a movie. Sparks writes
stunning, bitter, sweet and tragic romantic stories. This story will make you happy and then sad, so don''t say you haven''t been warned!
This
novel starts of with a 57 year old man Landon Carter, turning back the pages of his life to the
time when he was 17 years old, in the late 1950s. He speaks of an encounter with this too-good-to-be-true girl, Jamie Sullivan. She is described as a girl who carries the Bible in her bag wherever she goes. Further, she works as a volunteer to help the orphaned kids and rescues forlorn estranged animals from time to time. On the other hand, Landon is a happy-go-lucky son of a Congressman, whose sole activity is hanging out with his gang of cool friends.
The story starts moving ahead when Landon has no suitable option left for the school dance and asks Jamie out. As he comes to know more about Jamie, he begins to develop tender feelings for her. The pace and mood of the novel is suddenly changed when a dark mystery about Jamie is revealed. You have to read this bittersweet love tale to find out about her mysterious secret that changes Landon''s life forever.
''A Walk to Remember'' is a gripping novel. When it comes to love stories, Sparks is a miracle worker and it''s very hard not to fall in love with his books. His other amazing books are ''Notebook'' and ''Message in a Bottle''. Once again, Sparks has succeeded in skillfully writing a novel that actually speaks to your soul.