There was a timewhen the world was sweeter…when thewomen in Beaaufor. North Carolina,wore dresses,and the men donned hats… Every April．when the wind smells 0f both the sea and lilacs，Landon Carter remembers I 958，his last year at Beaufort High.Landon had dated a girl or two。and even oince sworn that he'd been in love．Certainly the last per． son he thought he'd fall for was Jamie，the shy almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister…Jamie． who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart—and the joy and pain ofliving．

  From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes his most moving story yet…