The Wedding

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The Wedding (The Notebook #2)

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Nicholas Sparks expands on the romantic world he brought to life in THE NOTEBOOK, in which the enduring love of Allison and Noah transcended all barriers. Wilson Lewis is their son-in-law. When his daughter plans a wedding, Wilson contemplates his own thirty-year marriage - and is forced to admit that the romance has gone out of it. Although he is aware that his love for h...more

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Nov 24, 2012 Buggy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Opening Line: "Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truely change?"

Although not the best book in Nicholas Sparks's collection this is an easy and sweet (sometimes sickly) read without the usual gut-wrenching heartbreak at the end. I found it amazing and a credit to Sparks as a writer that he was able to craft an entire book out of the simple premise of a wedding and a few flashbacks. This is almost like a Seinfeld episode in that it's about nothing but still intriguing to watch unfold. And eve...more Opening Line: "Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truely change?"

Although not the best book in Nicholas Sparks's collection this is an easy and sweet (sometimes sickly) read without the usual gut-wrenching heartbreak at the end. I found it amazing and a credit to Sparks as a writer that he was able to craft an entire book out of the simple premise of a wedding and a few flashbacks. This is almost like a Seinfeld episode in that it's about nothing but still intriguing to watch unfold. And even though he tries to be sneaky you'll have a pretty good idea early on of how it's going to play out.

Despite the shining example set by his in-laws (Noah and Allie from The Notebook)THE WEDDING tells the story of middle aged workaholic lawyer Wilson Lewis and his year long romantic journey to rebuild his failing marriage. This is basically filler but it is good to hear from THE NOTEBOOK's Noah and Allie again.

Wilson has spent too little time at home and too much time at the office during his marriage. Neglecting his wife and missing his children grow up. The crux comes when Wilson forgets their 29th wedding anniversary and after witnessing his wife's tears and subsequent departure is forced to face a painful truth. Jane has fallen out of love with him and it's entirely his fault. Unable to express his true feelings in words (although we get to hear all his internal dialogue and more than once I wanted to shout at him; tell your wife how you feel, don't just think it.) Wilson vows to make some serious changes and somehow get his wife fall in love with him again.

Wilson spends the next year planning their 30th wedding anniversary. He also goes on a diet, learns to cook romantic dinners and begins really listening to what his wife has to say. As the day approaches their oldest daughter Anna suddenly announces that she's getting married and as a tribute to her parents wants to do it on their anniversary, overshadowing Wilson's secret plans. Jane however is excited and begins showing new interest in both her routine life and as Wilson helps with the hurried preparations, their long neglected marriage.

Jane and Wilson's story is then told in a series of flashbacks as Wilson remembers what brought them together all those years ago. Throughout the arrangements Wilson visits Noah at Creekside retirement home updating the cantankerous old man on the preparations and getting advice on how to save his marriage. For me Noah was the best part of this book and I loved revisiting this spunky yet heartbroken character. He is absolutely endearing here, spending his days feeding and talking to a lone female swan who in herself becomes a character.

With the memories of Noah and Allie as a guide and their old family home as a setting the wedding plans come together. But has Wilson been able to change himself and their relationship enough to see them through things afterwards? Will he be able to show her how much she has meant to him all these years? And will it be enough? (less)

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Apr 15, 2008 Jen rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Wedding almost seemed like it was specifically written for me to hate - and it's been a long time since I've disliked a book this much. There's no real art to it (people are "white as paper" and so forth), but it's written for people who don't exactly have alternative lifestyles or world views. The baby boomer housewife married her husband because he respected her desire to be a housewife at a time when "most people our age wanted to change the world," and she knew he'd be a good provider. A...more

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Sep 26, 2007 Robin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Anyone who likes love stories.

I read this book right after I read Twilight because I was on a romance kick (very rare, I promise) and I couldn't get my hands on New Moon. At first I was worried it was going to be lame because it makes it seem like it's going to be another story about what a jerk the main guy is and how he's neglecting his wife. However, I really liked the way the author made Wilson not a bad guy, but a good guy who just doesn't know any better. I usually don't like mushy books because it always seems like it...more

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May 15, 2008 Tabby Kat rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Noah is now living at Creekside, where he and Allie had moved toward the end of her life. He spends his time feeding a lone female swan, distinguished by a dark patch of color on her chest. Noah feels that this is Allie come back to him, and his children feel that he's lost touch with the world. Noah, however, never gives up on his theory and insists that it is his dear beloved wife.

Noah and Allie's oldest daughter, Jane, is married to Wilson Lewis. They've been married for nearly 30 years and h...more

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Nov 23, 2008 Greg rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A friend of the family loaned me two Nicholas Sparks books. The friend is very nice. However, reading Nicholas Sparks, to quote Tommy Smothers, makes me realize why some animals eat their young.

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May 23, 2012 Rachel added it · review of another edition

This book seems to be a continue of The Notebook. Noah is older and sadly Allie passed away, But there children seem to be the main characters, especially Jane whose husband (Wilson) Is doing whatever he can to prove his love for her. He makes her dinner almost every night, Bring up the old memories of them, Like for there first date they went to this fansy restaurant and while they were on this way they passed an alley and heard something, when they went to go get a better look they found out t...more This book seems to be a continue of The Notebook. Noah is older and sadly Allie passed away, But there children seem to be the main characters, especially Jane whose husband (Wilson) Is doing whatever he can to prove his love for her. He makes her dinner almost every night, Bring up the old memories of them, Like for there first date they went to this fansy restaurant and while they were on this way they passed an alley and heard something, when they went to go get a better look they found out that it was a dog. He was dirty and looked like he was lost. They saw the coller and missed there reservation just so Wilson could see who to call on the coller. Wilson first met Allie while he was in collage. She works at a little diner in town. Wilson never really was in any kind of relationship until the day he met her. The book talks about how he couldn't stop thinking about her. They stat dating, they get married and they have children. All seemed to be going fine untilWilson noticed he was slowly lossing his wife. Like i said before he did whatever he could, he even talked to his father-in-law (Noah) since he was a helpless romantic back in the days. With Noahs help he planned a vacation for their anniversary, but it didn't quite work out since his daughter (Anna) is planing on getting married on their anniversary because it is within two weeks away and that she also wants to have Noah join.They visit Noah very often and always find him at the Pond feeding the Swan he believes is his wife that passed away a couple of years ago, everyone in the family thinks he is crazy accept for wilson who was their when Noah first met the swan. Plans were coming together well for the weeding when all of a sudden the family gets a call. Noah has ended up in the hospital. If you want to know what else happens read this amazing book.
This has been one of the best nooks I have read, Though I say that about all of his books, I just believe that Nicholas Sparks is a very talented author and should never give up on writing romance books that bring a smile and tears to people faces. He somehow puts emotions into the book so when your reading you feel like whatever is happing in the book is happening to you. It's weird because I have never had this happen to me with any other book form a different author. This book has its highs and its lows. At points I was afraid that allie was going to leave him and at other times I was on the verge of crying. In my opinion I think that anyone who hasn't read one of his books should and try to not be addicted to them. Before you read this book read the Notebook, mostly because it is is a follow-up of the Notebook .
I would defiantly rate this book a four out of five, only because I have read manny of his books and this one wasn't the best this I have read but it still wasn't the worse. I would read this again and I hope it is made into a movie so i would defiantly be at the midnight showing of it.(less)

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Jun 30, 2012 Katerina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jul 17, 2008 Delores rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: hopeless romantics who enjoy happy endings.

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Jun 24, 2008 Kimmie Cocchiola rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was my very first Nicholas Sparks book. I never had time nor made time for reading, other than educational reads for health and career. I decided to choose a book in the airport before boarding the plane. I figured it may keep my mind off of flying- I never in my life thought I would spend the next 3 days unable to put the book down. From that day on I continue to read Nicholas Sparks books. For me I find his books to be captivating, always drawing me in and keeping me there as I continue t...more

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Apr 17, 2012 Adela Cacovean rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Nunta este o continuare a cărții Jurnalul unei iubiri, în care ginerele lui Noah, Wilson Lewis încearcă să recâștige dragostea soției lui, după 30 de ani de căsnicie în care s-a ocupat în mare parte de carieră. Așa că după ce uită de aniversarea lor de 29 de ani, timp de un an întreg pune la cale o surpriză pentru Jane, sperând că aceasta îl va ierta și că dragostea lor va renaște. În paralele cu asta, Wilson își reamintește cum s-au cunoscut și multe momente importante de la începutul relației...more

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Apr 03, 2013 Kiara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Is it possible to fall out of love with a spouse because he or she forgot an important date? Wilson Lewis, a middle aged lawyer in Nicholas Spark’s book The Wedding (the sequel to The Notebook), proves it is. From just seeing the title, I had no clue what this book might be about. In the beginning, I thought Wilson was a jerk who neglected his wife of thirty years and did not care to try to revive a marriage that is clearly almost gone. He is forced to admit that any romantic feelings that his w...more Is it possible to fall out of love with a spouse because he or she forgot an important date? Wilson Lewis, a middle aged lawyer in Nicholas Spark’s book The Wedding (the sequel to The Notebook), proves it is. From just seeing the title, I had no clue what this book might be about. In the beginning, I thought Wilson was a jerk who neglected his wife of thirty years and did not care to try to revive a marriage that is clearly almost gone. He is forced to admit that any romantic feelings that his wife once had for him have left his marriage and knows that Jane is no longer happy with him. But, he is certain that he can win his wife’s, Jane, heart back. He has the guide of a couple he is very close with, his father in law Noah from the Notebook, that can tell him what he did himself to keep his love with his deceased wife Allie alive, during and after their time together. Wilson can admit that he did not spend much time with his children and happened to neglect his marriage because he was a workaholic, which he now regrets. He knows it’s his fault that his wife has fallen out of love with him. Although it’s hard for him to express his feelings, he promises to learn how if it means his wife will fall in love with him again. Now one of his daughters is getting married and he thinks it’s a perfect opportunity to show that family is his main priority by offering all the help he can give. He visits Jane’s father Noah at his retirement home frequently to get advice on his marriage and to hear him reminisce about his wife. Noah spends his time feeding a swan which he truly believes is Allie, coming back to him which she promised prior to her death. That was my favorite part of the book because I also read The Notebook and it revives a now older character and really shows that true love is eternal when he explains that he still has a connection to his wife, even though she has been deceased. Although not a very exciting book to read, it is still a well written, easy one. What drew me in was the eagerness to know if it was possible to revive a relationship if the love is no longer there. I would recommend this book to young adults who enjoy simple, romantic, heart- warming novels. If you like other books from Nicholas Sparks, you will like The Wedding because this one will also remind you what he is widely known for reminding people what really matters in all his books, love. But, will Wilson be able to prove that he truly meant till’ death do them apart? (less)

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Feb 16, 2013 Silvana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mais uma vez o amor é o tema de fundo do autor Nicholas Sparks. Gostei da história, da forma como ela se vai desenvolvendo e do seu momento final. Em comparação com outros livro do autor que já li, não é o meu livro preferido, mesmo assim a sua narrativa conseguiu-me cativar e senti-me envolvida pelo desenrolar da acção.

Todos nós cometemos erros nas nossas relações, mas existe sempre a possibilidade de dar-mos a volta por cima dando a oportunidade ao amor de corrigir esses erros. Foi o que acont...more Mais uma vez o amor é o tema de fundo do autor Nicholas Sparks. Gostei da história, da forma como ela se vai desenvolvendo e do seu momento final. Em comparação com outros livro do autor que já li, não é o meu livro preferido, mesmo assim a sua narrativa conseguiu-me cativar e senti-me envolvida pelo desenrolar da acção.

Todos nós cometemos erros nas nossas relações, mas existe sempre a possibilidade de dar-mos a volta por cima dando a oportunidade ao amor de corrigir esses erros. Foi o que aconteceu com a personagem Wilson. Ao cometer um erro, começou a reflectir acerca daquilo que tinha sido a sua vida e naquilo que fez de menos correcto. Estas reflexões são muito importantes para o desenrolar da história, são profundas e sentimentais, transmitindo um homem que ama profundamente a sua esposa e que sente mal por tudo aquilo que foi fazendo para que o seu casamento se tornasse um pouco frio, apagado e se afastasse da sua esposa Jane.

Paralelamente à história de Wilson, é-nos dado o desfecho do casal protagonista do livro o Diário da Nossa Paixão. Este aspecto, para mim, foi um surpresa muito feliz! Eu adorei este livro, já vi o filme muitas vezes e foi bom descobri que este Noah era o mesmo Noah do livro anterior. Aqui mostra-nos como Noah tem vivido depois da morte da Allie e como nem a morte conseguiu apagar esse sentimento. Achei muito bonito a forma como Noah re-descobriu a sua Allie através de um cisne (animal que fascinava Allie) e na simbologia que tinham os comportamentos do animal que foram descritos ao longo do livro. Segundo a minha interpretação de um dos acontecimentos finais do livro em que o cisne desaparece é como se quisesse transmitir que em breve Noah se encontraria em breve com Allie.

A forma como o livro termina é muito boa, porque ao longo da leitura do livro, o leitor é conduzido por um caminho em que os acontecimentos não estão em sintonia com o final. Contudo, ao longo do livro são dadas pistas, que só no fim da leitura nos apercebe-mos, que nos iam dado a indicação daquilo que seria o desenrolar final dos acontecimentos. Este aspecto, na minha opinião, torna o final mais grandioso e comovente.
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Dec 17, 2012 Kari Clarke rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. When I picked up the book I thought it would be full of romance and gushy lovey stuff but it wasn't. Actually, most of the book is really boring. Leading up to the end I was very bored and uninterested in reading it, and it took me months to read. Almost the whole book is leading up to, or background information for the last 100 pages. The book is about Noah and Allie's daughter (Jane) and how her and her husband (Wilson) lost their spark. It talked about how Wilson became too enveloped in his w...more

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Nov 28, 2012 Anna Parkhomenko rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In general, the book was just fine. After reading this book, this story is not of my favorites, because sometimes it was boring to read it and at the beginning, the story was a little bit depressing and I don’t like to read depressing books, but in the middle and at the end of the book it got better and more interesting. But what I liked about this book is that I didn't expect what happened at the end of the story, and that’s what I like about books.
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Nov 27, 2012 Janine Almazan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I got addicted to the novels of Sir Nicholas right after watching the film adaptations of his novels. I'am a book freek, I'am always disappointed on the film adaptations of some of the books I finished reading before because the lack of justice in portraying the book itself. As I watched and has read The Notebook, I must say that the novel and the movie is fantastic.

As to The Wedding, I am so glad I found this at the shelf at the fiction part of the library. At that time, I was having problems o...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Rivera M added it · review of another edition

I think that it would be mostly for girls because its about love. I really loved this book . Wilson and Jane's story was really unique. A couple who had meet at a dinner Wilson would always go to and i loved the first date they had . Wilson had planned to take her to a very expensive restaurant but because they had found a dog lost and cold in the snow storm they decided to help him out and because of that they ended up being late to their reservation and ate at a nearby pizzeria. After that the...more

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May 22, 2012 D.hayes rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In the book The Wedding, by Nicholas Sparks, Wilson and Jane Lewis have been married for thirty years, but Jane is not in love with him anymore and it’s entirely his fault. He was never involved in raising their three children and he always spent too much time at his office and not enough at home. Now, Wilson wants to make their 30th wedding anniversary amazing because he fears that Jane is going to leave him. Then, he finds out that his oldest daughter Anna is going to get married, but she want...more

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May 19, 2012 Greg Bascom rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In this sequel to Sparks masterpiece THE NOTEBOOK. Allie has moved on and Noah, aged and infirm, seems a bit demented as he's spending much of his time talking to a swan. Meantime, his son-in-law, Wilson Lewis, married to Noah's daughter Jane, has committed the most grievous of marital sins--he forgot his wedding anniversary.

Wilson has been the classical good husband, faithful, hard working, providing for his family his first priority, and in that endeavor, he spent too much time at the office....more

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May 15, 2012 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For not having read the Notebook prior, I found I rather enjoyed the book. I liked Noah's belief about the swan to be his companion, his advice to Wilson, and how Wilson won his wife back. The unexpected wedding, the remodel of the house, and the glorious improvement between the couple. Sex aside, of course. I understand it is necessary, but is it necessary to bring in the readers as well? I believe sex to be a private thing, yet so often, it is flaunted unnecessarily before a reading audience....more

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May 04, 2012 Kristin J added it · review of another edition

I thought that "The Wedding" was a very touching, well written, and delightful book. I got lost in the pages of it until sometimes two and three o'clock in the morning because it help my attention that well. It was a romantic novel of the daughter of Noah and Allie, the main characters in Nicolas Sparks book "The Notebook." "The Wedding" is the sequal to "The Notebook."
The main characters in "The Wedding" are Jane, Noah and Allie's oldest daughter, and her husband Wilson. "The Wedding" is set u...more I thought that "The Wedding" was a very touching, well written, and delightful book. I got lost in the pages of it until sometimes two and three o'clock in the morning because it help my attention that well. It was a romantic novel of the daughter of Noah and Allie, the main characters in Nicolas Sparks book "The Notebook." "The Wedding" is the sequal to "The Notebook."
The main characters in "The Wedding" are Jane, Noah and Allie's oldest daughter, and her husband Wilson. "The Wedding" is set up a lot like "The Notebook" in ways that it is more of flashbacks to what had happened to them prior to the time they are in now, and also talks of what is happening in their time now. In the book they are of around fifty years of age, they have three children, and are going through some marriage difficulties. Jane grew up with a very romantic father that seemed to worship the ground her mother walked on. She was a young, energetic, girl that had a love for everyone and everything. She was also a school teacher in a small town of New Bern's, where she had grown up. Wilson met Jane while they were both still in college. She was going for child education and he was becoming a lawyer. Though after she graduated they were hours apart, they made it through it all and got married after he graduated. Though she had always wanted an extravagant wedding with everyone she knew and loved around, they got married on the courthouse stairs.
They had three children together and by the time the children were moved out they had been married for twenty-nine years. Wilson was not a romantic husband and had always put work first. He forgot the anniversary and had to somehow make it up to her. He planned for a year what to give her. He had his family and friends help too. He had his daughter fake getting married and planned a romantic wedding for Jane while she thought it was for her daughter Anna. In the end she finally got her father to walk her down the isle and got the romantic wedding she had always wanted on their thirtieth wedding anniversary. This changed their marriage and their lives.
This book really touched me with all of the problems my parents have been thought i saw that things can really pull through and be okay. This book is a very happy and also a very home touching book. I did cry, but i believe it is a book all young men should read this book for the ideas that Wilson came up with. READ THIS BOOK!!! its the best book i have ever read. It is so much better than the "Twilight Saga" and any other romantic book i have ever picked up. (less)

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Apr 24, 2012 Abigail (Shiningshawol) rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I’m so glad I finally made time to read this book. I really loved it. I happened to find a few Nicholas Sparks ebooks on our PC and so I started to read some. Title aside, I didn’t have the slightest idea of what it is all about. I haven’t even read a synopsis so when I learned that it’s about a married couple, I’m not so thrilled. I mean, what more lies in there if they were already committed to each other.? maybe yeah, sure there still is. Perhaps the hardships in their family? Parenthood? Whi...more

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Mar 21, 2012 Micaela Chavira rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I said this about my last review but Nicholas Sparks is an amazing writer!!! I enjoy every book!! This book kind of led off of The Notebook. Noah and Allie had kids and this book is about their daughter. She is married with her own family and is older. Her husband and her have had a great marriage but the last few years have been a struggle. They are just living alone because their kids have moved out and are on their own. Wilson is the husband and he notices his marriage with Jane is going down...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Gaell rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
The Wedding is a great and inspiring. It inspires me to never give up on love no matter how hard it gets. This book is about a man named Wilson, and he feels that his wife, Jane has fallen out of love with him. He feels that he is the cause for why she has fallen out of love with him. He is the complete opposite of Jane, he works a lot, doesn’t do spontaneous things like Jane and he has forgotten about their 29th anniversary. Wilson feels as if he weren’t the best h...more

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Nov 10, 2011 Judith.garza rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm a big Nicholas Sparks fan, so I may be somewhat biased as I review this book. The Wedding is the sequel to The Notebook, the love story of Noah and Allie: a love that almost didn't happen. Now, in The Wedding, we meet the next two generations of family members, and a somewhat complex story is told.
Noah is now living at Creekside, where he and Allie had moved toward the end of her life. He spends his time feeding a lone female swan, distinguished by a dark patch of color on her chest. Noah fe...more I'm a big Nicholas Sparks fan, so I may be somewhat biased as I review this book. The Wedding is the sequel to The Notebook, the love story of Noah and Allie: a love that almost didn't happen. Now, in The Wedding, we meet the next two generations of family members, and a somewhat complex story is told.
Noah is now living at Creekside, where he and Allie had moved toward the end of her life. He spends his time feeding a lone female swan, distinguished by a dark patch of color on her chest. Noah feels that this is Allie come back to him, and his children feel that he's lost touch with the world. Noah, however, never gives up on his theory and insists that it is his dear beloved wife.

Noah and Allie's oldest daughter, Jane, is married to Wilson Lewis. They've been married for nearly 30 years and have raised three children, all of whom are now adults. Jane and Wilson's story is told in flashbacks, as Wilson remembers what brought him and Jane together all those years ago. The reason for his reflections, though, is that he knows Jane is very unhappy with their marriage. So unhappy, that she leaves town for a few weeks to spend with their son Joseph. She doesn't say exactly why she left, but Wilson knows she needs to get away to think things over.
In the meantime, their oldest daughter Anna has announced that she and her boyfriend Keith plan to be married in a few weeks. She doesn't want anything fancy, and plans to marry at the justice of the peace. However, this is not what Jane wants for her daughter. Suddenly, Jane shows a new interest in life, and with the help of Wilson the two of them proceed to organize the best wedding any daughter ever had.
As the wedding plans take shape, Wilson keeps Noah up to date. During their visits, Wilson notes how Noah dotes on the swan, talking to her and sharing his thoughts with her. A few odd events almost convince Wilson that maybe this is indeed Allie reborn, but he always keeps these thoughts to himself. And all through these visits, Noah reminisces about his wife, while Wilson remembers his own first love Jane.
The title The Wedding is misleading, but this was Sparks' intention. Yes, the entire book is about the family getting ready for the big wedding, but the reader will realize by the end of the book that the story is much more than just The Wedding. The ending will surprise you, as it surprised some of the characters in the book. The story of the swan helps round out this tale of eternal love and may turn even the most cynical of persons into a romantic. This made me cry, pinky swear!(less)

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Jul 21, 2011 Sapna rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Well , this book was a birthday present for me by one of my friends , I was told that it is a sort of a sequel to Nicholas Spark's popular novel , THE NOTEBOOK, ( which is my favorite love stories)
The book's ending was quiet surprising and pleasant.
I am actually a kind of person who doesn't believe in "true love forever " or "love at first sight", but this story made me think that love can last forever , even after 30 years of marriage( as in case of WILSON and JANE ) and even after death ( as...more

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Jul 06, 2011 Pearl rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: yes but beware that it is a short read.

This was a good romance novel. I love how Nicholas Sparks pulls the reader into the book. This love story was about Noah's daughter Jane and her husband Wilson. Wilson who was a lawyer and an work alcoholic forgot there 28th wedding anniversary and it really hurt Jane, so Wilson decided to make it up to her by planning a wedding for their 30th anniversary only he lead Jane to believe with the help of his daughter Anna that they were planning Anna's wedding. It was so beautiful how he pulled it a...more

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Apr 23, 2011 Margaret rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So this is basically part 2 of The Notebook, the book and movie which made grown men cry.

OK. So, Wilson forgets to bring a big bouquet of flowers and an expensive bottle of perfume through the door on their 29th anniversary. He has forgotten. Jane pouts until bedtime when she tells him what he has done now. That is the beginning of all the trouble.

Then, Jane runs off to spend time in her son's out-of-state flat. Apparently thinking about leaving Wilson, The Husband Who Has Forgotten Their Anni...more So this is basically part 2 of The Notebook, the book and movie which made grown men cry.

OK. So, Wilson forgets to bring a big bouquet of flowers and an expensive bottle of perfume through the door on their 29th anniversary. He has forgotten. Jane pouts until bedtime when she tells him what he has done now. That is the beginning of all the trouble.

Then, Jane runs off to spend time in her son's out-of-state flat. Apparently thinking about leaving Wilson, The Husband Who Has Forgotten Their Anniversary. The son then tells his dad how devastated his mother was. Shame on you, Dad.

Wilson shuffles into high gear when he realizes he may lose Jane. Taking time off work (he has become a workaholic), he pulls together a grand and beautiful and expensive wedding for his daughter (in a week's time) while he also tries desperately to woo Jane back. For someone who has been "neglectful" for years, I am surprised at his creativity and alacrity in planning all these events.

Meanwhile back at the ranch, Jane's father (Noah, of Notebook fame)is suffering health setbacks and she is panicky and irritible. He spends his days sitting by the lake feeding a swan and now he's in hospital insisting he's all right.

I have spent the whole time while reading this book wondering why I hate Jane so much. Help me here... she feels she must be treated like a princess when she wants to be (her 30th birthday, she is only given a diamond tennis bracelet instead of driven in a limo and given every single thing she wants). She quietly mopes instead of taking the initiative and saying something like: "we're growing apart, what can we do?" and waits for Wilson to pick up on her silences. (Boohoo, I'm not getting any attention, etc.) Then she has the gall to hate the swan that her father is feeding at the retirement facility. I dunno Jane. Get a grip.

Anyway, in the end it all works out for everyone, especially Jane who feels like a queen once again instead of just a friend.

Perhaps it's because I've never seen this kind of marriage and would shrink at a man fawning over me like that. (It might make me wonder what he's done wrong.) But then, that's just me and I don't speak for the rest of the world.

I also think I'm done reading anything by this author.(less)

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Jan 16, 2011 Antoaneta Mitrusheva rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Случайно попаднах на тази книга в библиотеката и реших да я прочета. Нямах особени очаквания - Никълъс Спаркс не е сред авторите, на които бих обърнала внимание в книжарницата. Голяма част от книгата беше точно такава, каквато очаквах - захаросано-романтична, твърде предвидима, леко елементарна. Но пък се четеше леко и приятно, така че продължих. И не съжалих - заради края си струваше - той ме изненада и развълнува, събуди романтичното в мен. Затворих последната страница с много хубаво чувство.
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Jun 02, 2010 PurplyCookie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance-novel

Sparks returns to characters from "The Notebook" and writes about Allie and Noah Calhoun's oldest daughter, Jane, and her husband, Wilson. As their thirtieth anniversary approaches, Wilson realizes that he loves Jane now more than ever and worries that his neglect (he completely forgot their twenty-ninth anniversary) may have finally driven her away.

Being a methodical man, he decides to embark on a yearlong program to renew his romantic ties to his wife, seeking out the advice of Noah, who now...more

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About Nicholas Sparks

As a child, Nicholas Sparks lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska, finally settling in Fair Oaks, California at the age of eight. His father was a professor, his mother a homemaker, then optometrist's assistant. He lived in Fair Oaks through high school, graduated valedictorian in 1984, and received a full track scholarship to the University of Notre Dame.

After breaking the N...more As a child, Nicholas Sparks lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska, finally settling in Fair Oaks, California at the age of eight. His father was a professor, his mother a homemaker, then optometrist's assistant. He lived in Fair Oaks through high school, graduated valedictorian in 1984, and received a full track scholarship to the University of Notre Dame.

After breaking the Notre Dame school record as part of a relay team in 1985 as a freshman (a record which still stands), he was injured and spent the summer recovering. During that summer, he wrote his first novel, though it was never published. He majored in Business Finance and graduated with high honors in 1988.

He and his wife Catherine, who met on spring break in 1988, were married in July, 1989. While living in Sacramento, he wrote his second novel that same year, though again, it wasn't published. He worked a variety of jobs over the next three years, including real estate appraisal, waiting tables, selling dental products by phone, and started his own small manufacturing business which struggled from the beginning. In 1990, he collaborated on a book with Billy Mills, the Olympic Gold Medalist and it was published by Feather Publishing before later being picked up by Random House. (It was recently re-issued by Hay House Books.) Though it received scant publicity, sales topped 50,000 copies in the first year of release.

He began selling pharmaceuticals and moved from Sacramento, California to North Carolina in 1992. In 1994, at the age of 28, he wrote The Notebook over a period of six months. In October, 1995, rights to The Notebook were sold to Warner Books. It was published in October, 1996, and he followed that with Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), and Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), Three Weeks with my Brother (2004), True Believer (2005) and At First Sight (2005) all with Warner Books. All were domestic and international best sellers and were translated into more than 35 languages. The movie version of Message in a Bottle was released in 1999, A Walk to Remember was released in 2002, and The Notebook was released in 2004. The average domestic box office gross per film was $56 million -- with another $100 million in DVD sales -- making the novels by Nicholas Sparks one of the most successful franchises in Hollywood.

The film rights to Nights in Rodanthe, True Believer and At First Sight have been sold, and Nicholas Sparks has written the screenplay for The Guardian, though he has not offered it for sale at this point.

He now has five children: Miles, Ryan, Landon, Lexie, and Savannah. He lives in North Carolina with his wife and children.

His ancestry is German, Czech, English, and Irish, he's 5'10" and weighs 180 lbs. He is an avid athlete who runs daily, lifts weights regularly, and competes in Tae Kwon Do. He attends church regularly and reads approximately 125 books a year. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually.(less)

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“I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are there, in everything I am, in everything I've ever done, and looking back, I know that I should have told you know much you've always meant to me. ” — 726 people liked it

“Yes, I decided, a man can truly change. The events of the past year have taught me much about myself, and a few universal truths. I learned, for instance, that while wounds can be inflicted easily upon those we love, it's often much more difficult to heal them. Yet the process of healing those wounds provided the richest experience of my life, leading me to believe that while I've often overestimated what I could accomplish in a day, I had underestimated what I could do in a year. But most of all, I learned that it's possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when there's been a lifetime of disappointment between them.” — 700 people liked it

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