So basically this is AWTR if..

Basically. And without the religious themes.

AWTR was much more realistic than most people know and based on actual events. The character Jamie was based on the young sister (Danielle) of the book’s author Nicholas Sparks. From a Berlin speech given by Nicholas Sparks:

"In many ways, Jamie Sullivan was my younger sister. Like Jamie, my sister was sweet. Like Jamie, my sister had tremendously strong faith. Like Jamie, my sister loved church. Like Jamie, my sister wasn't popular at school. Like Jamie, my sister was always cheerful. Like Jamie, all my sister wanted in life was to get married.

And like Jamie, my sister got cancer.

Like Jamie, my sister met someone. And like Landon, there was a long period of time when this fellow couldn't imagine himself marrying a girl like her. And yet, in the end, he couldn't help himself. Even when he knew she was sick, even when he knew that she might not make it, this man asked my sister to marry him.

It was just about the sweetest thing that's ever been done for anyone, and I suppose I wrote this novel not only so that you could get to know my sister, but so that you would know what a wonderful thing it was that her husband once did for her.

Sadly, my sister died in June (2000).”

AWTR came out in 2002.

No good deed goes unpunished.

lol awtr was rubbish. nig was brilliant!