Dear John
A soldier on leave falls in love with a college student during two weeks of summer. When he re-enlists after 9/11, their love is tested by distance, duty, and the passage of time.
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In 2000, Special Forces soldier John Tyree is on leave at his father's North Carolina beach house when he meets college student Savannah Curtis. Then September eleventh happens, and his next deployment changes everything.
Yes. A 2010 film adaptation directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried was released. The film follows the novel's structure but changes the ending.
Loosely. Sparks's novels are typically standalones, but several share North Carolina settings and overlapping minor characters. Dear John is independent of his major titles like The Notebook and A Walk to Remember.
Dear John was written by Nicholas Sparks, published in 2006 by Turtleback.
Dear John is 288 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, Dear John takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.
Dear John is a standalone novel by Nicholas Sparks, not part of a series.
Dear John is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.