Love stories. Each with it''s own origin, and ending. Some are captivating tales, depicting the entwined destinies of two people oblivious to the world and completely in love.
Others tragic, with bitter endings, leaving the reader wondering how the world could be so cruel.
But Nicholas Sparks'' novel, A
Walk to Remember, seamlessly blends the two genres.
In this book, Jamie Sullivan, the gentle daughter of the village minister, walks into the
life of Landon Carter,someone who did not believe in the power of faith nor love, and changes his life forever.
An unusual turn of events including a church performance and a memorable Christmas visit to a childrens'' home produce an
unlikely twist in the tale; Landon starts to fall in love with Jamie. Ignoring the scorn from his friends and the disapproval of her father, Landon sacrifices everything just to be with her. Many weeks pass and the fateful day arrives when Jamie shares her dreaded secret with Landon; she has Leukaemia, and hasn''t long to live. Landon then knew that she would not be in his life forever.He takes a chance. He asks her to marry him.
Jamie accepts and they are married in the summer. That was the last
summer they spent together. She passed away, but she did so feeling radiant, and blissful.
She had loved, and had been loved back.
They say love is a leap of faith. It is something of a greater power. It is of higher understanding. In this story, it brings two of the most unlikely people together, and bonds them for eternity. Landon and Jamie took that chance, and gave their hearts to each other. Love someone on your own terms, your own way, in your own time. Then life itself will truly be, A Walk to Remember.
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