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[Page 2] This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Copyright © 1996 by Nicholas Sparks Reading Group Guide copyright © 1999 by Nicholas Sparks and Warner Books, Inc. Excerpt from The Wedding © copyright 2003 by Nicholas Sparks All rights reserved. Cover art copyright 2004 by New Line Cinema Book design by L & G McRee Warner Books Hachette Book Group 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Vist our Web site at www.HachetteBookGroup.com The “Warner Books” name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc. First eBook Edition: December 1999 ISBN: 978-0-446-93064-2 [Page 3] Contents Acknowledgments Miracles Ghosts Reunion Phone Calls Kayaks and Forgotten Dreams Moving Water Swans and Storms Courtrooms An Unexpected Visitor Crossroads A Letter fromYesterday Winter for Two Reading Group Guide A Q & A with Nicholas Sparks Discussion Questions Nicholas Sparks on Nicholas Sparks Prologue [Page 4] One [Page 5] THE WORDS OF LOVE… “I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.” And so begins one of the most poignant and compelling love stories you will ever read… ALL AMERICA LOVES THE NOTEBOOK “A classic story of love found, lost, and regained.…Sparks has a winning combination of style and story.” —Christian Science Monitor “Remarkable and memorable…beautiful.” —Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate (LA) “A highly romantic story.” —Cincinnati Post (OH) “Focuses on a man, a woman, and the transforming power of love.…THE NOTEBOOK is shocking only in its simplicity of form and purity of line.” —Dallas Morning News “A touching story.” —San Antonio Express News (TX) [Page 6] “A one-night read.…Sparks generates authentic emotional power.…If you are in need of a good cry, THE NOTEBOOK is absolutely the right book.” —USA Today “A more romantic testament to love’s enduring miracle than Robert James Waller’s The Bridges of Madison County .” —Library Journal “Lovely…delightfully gentle.…The right choice.” —Mobile Register (AL) “Short enough to read in an evening, but long enough to tell a story of real love and devotion that spans a couple’s life.” —Kinston Free Press (NC) “A warm, poignant, touching account of one of nature’s rarest commodities: real love…just enjoy the book.” —Jackson Clarion-Ledger (MS) “THE NOTEBOOK will tear a hole in your heart.… Anyone who does not sob through the last chapter has a heart of stone.” —Greenville News (SC) “A five-star writer…a story you will cry through and remember for a lifetime.” —Winter Haven News Chief (FL) “Run, do not walk, to your nearest bookstore or library to get a copy of this gem…a book for everyone who has ever loved or been loved,