** spoiler alert ** 
 This was sort of like a journey. You read about how Andy and Rachel meet for the first time. You read about them falling in love and trying to make long distance relationship work through college. 
 Reunions after a couple of years and finally being together but differences come up and they split up. 
 Not only do you read about their relationship. You read about how Andy grows up to achieve his dreams despite his childhood. Andy gets a gold medal for track at the Olympics just like he dreamed but always felt he missed out with Rachel. 
 Rachel ends up married to this great guy and have two beautiful girls. 
 Both Andy and Rachel's lives end up crashing. Andy had a scandal with using dope and his career basically ended. He eventually finds his way back and ends up working at a hardware story. Rachel finds her husband cheating on her with her boss and the lady that introduced them. Rachel is slowly picking up the pieces of her life and realizes that she no longer loves Jay. 
 Rachel ends up meeting Andy at the hardware store one day and they basically confess they love each other. 
 This is such a great story about love over time. Second chances at love is what Rachel and Andy showed. Their love for each other never died. 
 There were moments where I couldn't stand what Andy was doing such as Maisie and the dope issue. There were times I couldn't stand Rachel especially in the sorority. 
 It's a love story of two people born from different circumstances but overcome it and find love in each other. Overtime differences come up with their views on life and jobs. But love never leaves them.