A Walk to Remember
In the small town of Beaufort, North Carolina, a rebellious teenager's life changes when he falls for the minister's quiet, devout daughter during their senior year of high school.
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A senior in a small North Carolina town gets pulled into the spring play with the minister's quietly steady daughter, and finds the year ahead nothing like the one he had planned for himself.
Loosely. Nicholas Sparks dedicated A Walk to Remember to his sister Danielle, who died of cancer at 33. The novel is fictional but draws on her illness and his memory of her for emotional grounding.
Yes. A 2002 film adaptation starring Mandy Moore and Shane West was a commercial success and helped cement Nicholas Sparks's reputation as a romance author whose novels translate well to film.
A Walk to Remember was written by Nicholas Sparks, published in 1999 by Grand Central Publishing.
A Walk to Remember is 240 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, A Walk to Remember takes most readers 4 to 5 hours to finish.
A Walk to Remember is a standalone novel by Nicholas Sparks, not part of a series.
A Walk to Remember is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.