I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to read this book. For me, Noah and Allie are tucked away like Rick and Ilsa, Francesca and Robert, their story was so romantic, sweet, wonderful, I didn’t want to taint it by reading more about them or having any gaps filled in. I don’t want to know how Rick and Ilsa got together, I don’t want to know what Francesca and Robert did after they said goodbye, I don’t want to have Noah and Allie be anything other than the perfect love story they are.
In the end I decided to read The Wedding and was glad I did. It is its own separate story and it thankfully doesn’t mess with the original story in The Notebook. Noah is in this book quite a bit, but he’s just Noah and he’s there for Wilson’s story, not to re-write his own. That was a huge relief!
On its own, this is a very sweet and touching book. Its a quick easy read, but gets the point across that even the most time tested love needs an update every so often.
Book Description
After more than 20 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 tax attorney, he has provided well for his family, but now, with his daughter’s upcoming wedding and an impending empty nest, 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 own way back into the heart of the woman he adores.About the Author
Nicholas Sparks lives in North Carolina with his wife and family.