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From the critically acclaimed author of Shotgun Lovesongs comes an exquisitely written, small-town story about one couple's hard-won second chance at love, forty years after their divorce.
Charlie 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.
A brave and triumphant exploration of redemption and sunset triumph, A Forty Year Kiss 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.
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This was a beautiful love story, written beautifully. The writing style kept me going though I found the book somewhat longer than it needed to be with unnecessary details that started to feel like a bit of a slog to get through. For this reason, I couldn't give it a full 5 stars. Otherwise, this is the story of redemption & love everyone should be reading. I also love reading a story geographically set in in a location I'm familiar with (in this case, I live in the state & am very familiar with every location described & talked about in the book). As a reader, I couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was about to happen, but I'm here to say don't worry, It's all good!
I highly recommended this!