When Noah Calhoun returns to North Carolina from the front after World War II, he tries to leave the war behind him.
He pours all his energy into restoring an old plantation house. This house holds his most cherished memories, and sitting on his porch, he thinks back to the girl he once loved so much.
The beautiful Allie Nelson is now engaged to a wealthy lawyer, but she still cannot forget the boy to whom she lost her heart so long ago. Has their love stood the test of time?