The Notebook

A book I’ve recently read is The Notebook. I’ve seen the movie several times, but someone suggested I read the book. When I began reading the book, I absolutely could not put it down. The movie was awesome but the book is even better because it offers more detail in scences the movie omits. The Notebook is a story about a women who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and writes the story of her life for her husband to read to her in hopes of remembering the life she has lived. The husband remains faithful to his “sweetheart” throughout her battle with the disease, reading the story she wrote (of her life) daily to her.

The story begins with them finding each other over a summer, falling in love and then being torn apart by Allie’s (the woman) parents. Allie eventually becomes engaged to another man. After a coincidental reunion with Noah, Allie rekindles the romance with him and breaks off her engagement to the other man. Noah and Allie eventually marry and start a family of their own. After years of happiness, Allie is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and immediately begins writing her life story for her husband to read her. This is where the title The Notebook comes from-Allie’s notebook she composed full of stories from her life.

This book was absolutely one of the best I’ve ever read. At the end of the story, Allie loses her battle to Alzheimer’s and the last 10 pages of my book are wrinkled due to the tears I shed. This story is such a great symbol for what a marriage should be…staying with your spouse and loving them til death do you part. I recommend the reading of this story to anyone-even guys who despise “chick” books :)!