The Bestselling Love Story Behind The Massive Hollywood Film Two Couples. Two Love Stories. One Epic Tale. Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson Is In Trouble. Struggling To Stay Conscious After A Car Crash, An Image Of His Adored - And Long-dead - Wife Ruth Appears. Urging Him To Hang On, She Lovingly Recounts The Joys And Sorrows Of Their Life Together - How They Met, The Dark Days Of Wwii And Its Unrelenting Effect On Their Families. A Few Miles Away, College Student Sophia Danko's Life Is About To Change. Recovering From A Break-up, She Meets The Young, Rugged Luke And Is Thrown Into A World Far Removed From Her Privileged School Life. Sophia Sees A New And Tantalising Future For Herself, But Luke Is Keeping A Secret That Could Destroy It All. Ira And Ruth. Sophia And Luke. Two Couples, Separated By Years And Experience, Whose Lives Are About To Converge In The Most Unexpected - And Shocking - Of Ways. The New Love Story From The Multi-million-copy Bestselling Author Of The Notebook, The Lucky One And The Best Of Me. Nicholas Sparks Is One Of The World's Most Beloved Authors.