The Notebook is the debut novel by American novelist Nicholas Sparks. Released in 1996, the romance novel was later adapted into a popular 2004 film of the same name. The Notebook was Nicholas Sparks' first published novel and written over a time period of six months in 1994. Literary agent Theresa Park discovered Sparks after reading the book which was in her agency's slush pile. Park offered to represent him. In October 1995, Park secured a $1 million advance for the book from the Time Warner Book Group, and the novel was published in October 1996. It was on The New York Times Best Seller list in its first week of release. The Notebook was a hardcover best seller for more than a year.
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The Notebook was adapted into a 2004 film.
The Notebook2004 · film · 123 min · dir. Nick Cassavetes · IMDb ↗An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
