<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 0446698326 </Td> </Tr> <P> Dear John is a romance novel by American writer Nicholas Sparks released in 2006 . Its plot is an adaptation to present day's American culture of three plays Marius, Fanny and César, called la Trilogie Marseillaise written by French author Marcel Pagnol c. 1930 . It was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2007 . </P> <P> The story is about a romantic couple who fall in love over one summer . They are separated during the man's military service . John Tyree, the main character, has a father with Asperger's syndrome . The story is partially set in Wilmington, North Carolina where John's father was a single parent who had difficulty having meaningful conversation with his son and has an obsession with coin collecting . John knows there is something wrong with him but he has never been to a doctor to find out what it is . Feeling a lack of direction and no good fatherly influence in his life, John enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces . </P> <P> John returns home on leave from the army when he gets news of his father's death . After the return he seeks out Savannah, where he is surprised to learn of her life events following her marriage to another man . It was obvious to John, Savannah, and even her new husband, that Savannah still had love for John . But he decided to let Savannah go - because he cared about her more than himself . Although drained by battle overseas and the loss of Savannah, he realizes that due to a legacy from his father, he's able to express his love in an unexpected way . </P>

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