The Wedding (Sparks novel)
A day like a life is a novel by Nicholas Sparks, who was released in 2003 under the English title "The Wedding " by Warner Books in New York.
Content, style and form
The 56 -year-old Wilson Lewis, belonging as an advocate for inheritance of the upper middle class of New Bern / North Carolina has done something wrong. He is busy with his work at a law firm and has little time for family and especially not for his wife. It only wants a little romance this but, following the example of their parents Noah and Allie. When Wilson finally forgets her 29th wedding anniversary, it brings with it the camel's back. His 53 -year-old wife Jane is deeply affected, but does not show. Wilson, contrite, the blame is on the sin of omission and initially starts the cause of research. How could this happen anyway? Answer: In the nearly three decades living with Jane, the law firm was always in front of the family.
Wilson muses on restitution. Allies are the 27 - year-old daughter Anna and her life companion Keith. The three deceive Jane before, Anna and Keith are getting married on the upcoming 30th anniversary of Wilson and Jane. Jane, who had been so always wanted a wedding for yourself, throws himself enthusiastically into the wedding preparations of her daughter. The surprise is possible. The 30th wedding anniversary is celebrated as once 30 years ago, only much more complicated and much minuziöser prepared. Jane, deeply moved, Wilson can finally forgive.
In the novel, is the story of Jane's parents, are Noah Calhoun and wife Allie from " The Notebook ", continued from the first-person narrator Wilson. Allie had died of Alzheimer's and Noah, now 87 years old, lives in the retirement home. The old man defends himself against the exaggerated care of his four children and prefer to keep to the son- Wilson, the understanding of the quirks applies. One is the preference for Noah's poetry. His Walt Whitman - the blades of grass - he knows by heart. Thus he presented the well-thumbed book of poetry at the end of the novel to Wilson and Jane. The other quirk is related to Allie 's death. Noah can not get over this and clings to the idea that the spirit of the beloved deceased appeared to him as it were in the physical shell of a certain swan - Noah says " Schwänin " - swimming daily for feeding approach.