Dear John

Nicholas Sparks · first published 2006 · ISBN 9780446618304

John Tyree, a soldier deployed to Afghanistan after September 11th, receives a letter from Savannah Curtis, a young woman he spent one perfect summer with before his deployment. As they exchange letters across years of war, John must navigate between his commitment to Savannah and his duty as a soldier. When he returns home, he discovers that heartbreak doesn't follow military timelines.