Narrator Landen Carter recalls 1958, his last year in high school, when Jamie, the reserved daughter of a local Baptist minister, revealed to him the secrets of the human heart. Reissue. (A new feature film, produced by Denise DeNovi, releasing January 2002, starring Mandy Moore, Shane West, Daryl Hannah, Peter Coyote) (General Fiction)
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes, Romance
- Subgenre: Types of Characters, Love + Relationships + Sex, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Conflicts + Dualities
- Publisher: Grand Central Pub
- Pages: 240
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: September 1, 2000
- Date Published: September 1, 2000
- Author: Nicholas Sparks