Each morning, 80-year-old Noah Calhoun reads to his beloved wife, Allie, from the notebook in which he has lovingly recorded the story of their relationship because Allie no longer remembers him. And each day Noah prays for the miracle of the cognition and for one last joyous moment of connection. Their touching story begins in 1946. Noah, a World War II vet, has spent the summer restoring an old plantation home in the rural Carolina town where he grew up. He is haunted by memories of Allie Nelson, the girl he fell in love with 14 years ago and hasn't seen since. When Allie unexpectedly reappears, she is engaged to another man. Realizing the passion they felt for each other as teenagers has not dimmed, they must confront their most intimate hopes and decide how their future will be shaped. As the story of Noah and Allie unfolds, their tale miraculously becomes something different, with much higher stakes.