The best of me / Sparks, Nicholas

Two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks, now middle-aged, are called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, and they will be forced to confront the choices each has made.

This is the story of two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks. Now middle-aged, they have taken wildly divergent paths, but neither has lived the life they imagined, and neither can forget the passionate first love that forever altered their world. When they are both called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, they will be forced to confront the choices each has made, and ask whether love can truly rewrite the past.

Two small-town former high school sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks, now middle-aged, are called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter, and they will be forced to confront the choices each has made.

In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda and Dawson fall deeply in love. Although they come from different sides of the tracks, their love for each other is real. Then comes senior year and events that tear the young couple apart, sending them down different paths. Now twenty-five years later, Amanda and Dawson come back to their home town for a funeral. Neither has lived the life they imagined, and neither can forget their passionate first love.