{"product_id":"a-forty-year-kiss-9781464221279","title":"A Forty Year Kiss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A story that captures the hope, grace, and joy of new love--but also the mistakes, scar tissue, and regret of past love. It's a wonder to behold, a novel capable of such breadth. This is the kind of book that makes me a better human.\" --Nathan Hill, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Nix \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWellness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eShotgun Lovesongs \u003c\/em\u003ecomes an exquisitely written, small-town story about one couple's hard-won second chance at love, forty years after their divorce, now in trade paperback. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlie and Vivian parted ways after just four years of marriage. Too many problems, too many struggles, even though the love didn't quite die. When Charlie returns to Wisconsin forty years later, he's not sure what he'll find. He is sure of one thing--he must try to reconnect with Vivian to pick up the broken pieces of their past. But forty years is a long time. It's forty years of other relationships, forty years of building new lives, and forty years of long-held regrets, mistakes, and painful secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brave and triumphant exploration of redemption and sunset triumph, \u003cem\u003eA Forty Year Kiss\u003c\/em\u003e is a once-in-a-lifetime love story, written with dazzling lyricism and remarkable clarity of spirit, from a celebrated author at the top of his game. It's a literary valentine that promises to be a love story for the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nickolas Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sourcebooks Landmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.44w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464221279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eButler, Nickolas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNickolas Butler was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and educated at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop. He is the author of the internationally bestselling novel \"Shotgun Lovesongs\" and an acclaimed collection of short stories entitled, \"Beneath the Bonfire\" as well as three other novels. He lives on sixteen acres of land in rural Wisconsin adjacent to a buffalo farm. He is married and has two children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Nickolas Butler \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47598536032413,"sku":"9781464221279","price":35.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_9ba63725-afcd-4f87-9c02-4965d2eb9015.jpg?v=1769515508","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-forty-year-kiss-9781464221279","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}