A Forty Year Kiss by Nickolas Butler
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.
Meet the Author
An Evening with Author Nickolas Butler
Thursday, April 30, 7-8:30 PM • Glenview Park Center, Lakeview Room
Meet bestselling author Nickolas Butler as he talks about his newest novel, A Forty Year Kiss, in conversation with Heidi Stevens. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of The Book Stall.
Thank you to the Glenview Public Library Foundation for the generous support of our program.
Attend the Author Event and Enter a Raffle!
Meet bestselling author Nickolas Butler and hear about his writing on Thursday, April 30 and enter a raffle while you’re there for a chance to win a bag filled with Wisconsin goodies!
A Forty Year Kiss by Nickolas Butler
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.
Meet the Author
An Evening with Author Nickolas Butler
Thursday, April 30, 7-8:30 PM • Glenview Park Center, Lakeview Room
Meet bestselling author Nickolas Butler as he talks about his newest novel, A Forty Year Kiss, in conversation with Heidi Stevens. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of The Book Stall.
Thank you to the Glenview Public Library Foundation for the generous support of our program.
Attend the Author Event and Enter a Raffle!
Meet bestselling author Nickolas Butler and hear about his writing on Thursday, April 30 and enter a raffle while you’re there for a chance to win a bag filled with Wisconsin goodies!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nickolas Butler was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, he is the author of the award-winning debut novel Shotgun Lovesongs, the short story collection Beneath the Bonfire, and the critically acclaimed novels The Hearts of Men, Little Faith, and Godspeed. His newest book, A Forty Year Kiss, is a small-town love story set in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
INTERVIEWED BY
Heidi Stevens is the Director of External Affairs at the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, prior to joining University of Chicago, Heidi worked at the Chicago Tribune for 23 years as a writer and editor and for the past decade she wrote a daily column called Balancing Act.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nickolas Butler was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, he is the author of the award-winning debut novel Shotgun Lovesongs, the short story collection Beneath the Bonfire, and the critically acclaimed novels The Hearts of Men, Little Faith, and Godspeed. His newest book, A Forty Year Kiss, is a small-town love story set in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
INTERVIEWED BY
Heidi Stevens is the Director of External Affairs at the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, prior to joining University of Chicago, Heidi worked at the Chicago Tribune for 23 years as a writer and editor and for the past decade she wrote a daily column called Balancing Act.
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Discussion Questions
Do you think it was presumptuous of Charlie to message Vivian after so long? Are some things more acceptable the older you get? Have you ever considered reconnecting with old friends, romantic or otherwise? What might cause you to reach out or not?
Charlie and Vivian’s first marriage was fraught with troubles, leaving scars for both of them, yet Vivian is willing to look past this. How willing are you to forgive the sins of the past? Does it depend on the sin or how far in the past?
Both Charlie and Melissa struggle with alcohol throughout the novel. Why is alcohol so difficult for them to break from, and how does Charlie eventually determine he has to leave it behind?
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