True Believer

By Alice Liang

Today, I want to blog a story that I have been read this week. The book’s name is <<True Believer>>, by Nicholas Sparks, a famous love story author.  It is a love story about two young people who have the opposite beliefs, and go through many tough experiences,then have a happy ending.

The main actor is Jeremy who is an investigative journalist. He received a letter tells about a phenomenon at the local cemetery where mysterious lights are appearing from the tombstones. The townspeople are convinced these lights are ghosts. Jeremy want to exposed the truth, so he meets Doris, a resident of Boone Creek，she explained to Jeremy about a legend of the graveyard, how a curse was placed on it and the ghosts of former slaves buried there are haunting it., then Jeremy wants to learn more, so he was suggested to go to the library, therefore he met Lexie, Doris' granddaughter. By the way, Jeremy was very happily married years earlier. His wife was perfect. They had both very much wanted to have many kids but it turns out that Jeremy was infertile. His wife divorced him because of this. Some days later, the mayor of the town has a big party celebrating Jeremy's presence in the town. Jeremy goes to the party with Lexie as a date. Lexie is starting to worry that she and Jeremy are getting too close so she packs up and leaves for a few days. Jeremy must be with her and figures out that she's at an old beach house, where her parents were married. He meets her there and she realizes that she is falling in love with him. They make love and spaghetti. Jeremy is convinced he knows what is causing the lights. He is also sure that Lexie and Doris know as well. Jeremy has it out with the mayor, accusing him of scamming everyone to sell this ghost theory. Lexie and Jeremy get in an argument, she is convinced that he looks down on them and their small town ways. The only way they could ever be together is if she sacrificed everything and moved up to New York, not the other way around. Jeremy heads back to New York to write the article, still not sure of what his angle will be. Either about the Mayor scamming the town or simply a theory as to what is causing the mysterious lights. While Jeremy back in New York he can't keep his mind off of Lexie, he loves her. He basically tells himself that Lexie feels the same way about him. He rushes back down to Boones Creek and meets up with Lexie at the cemetery. Jeremy spends the next few nights with Lexie. He has decided to move down there. He can always write his articles there, he doesn't have to be in New York. Lexie finally asks him if he can ever believe in miracles. She told him they have a girl. The book ends with them embracing, and he holding her stomach.

This story is a kind of fairy tales, but I really empathy about it, the true believer should believe what your heart thinking about and what is a true love, and you should make a choice following your heart and the true believer will believe in the miracle of love.