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The Notebook

Book Review by: blithe    

Original Author: Nicholas Sparks
This is an epic of love in the form of a novella.It is the love story of Noah Calhoun and Allie
Nelson, who have to part ways at their teen age due to familial pressure .He was just 17 then but her memories haunts him till he is 31..when she, Allie finally finds him. The story does not end there... it spans over the next 49 years of their fulfilling marital life..
The story is not complicated with unnecessary details but is rich with emotions of marital bliss,peace,contentness..till Allie, succumbs to Alzheimer''s ..
Noah at his ripe old age could withstand his painful arthritis but it takes all his will power to come to terms with the fact that his Allie could not recognise him..
But he would not give up...He reads to her everyday from his diary..trying desperately to make her remember their past.. miraculously she does
This novel can make you smile sometimes and make you cry sometimes..its a capturing love story that makes reading it an indelible experience..
Makes us believe in true love all over again...
Published: April 05, 2007
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