
About this Event
Join us on Monday, April 28 at 7:00 PM when bestselling author Nickolas Butler comes to the store to share his latest novel A Forty Year Kiss. Nickolas will sign copies of his book after the presentation.
Click Here to purchase a copy of A Forty Year Kiss for the event
From the bestselling author of Shotgun Lovesongs comes a rugged feel-good valentine, a small-town novel for readers who still believe in sunset triumph and second chances.
Charlie and Vivian parted ways after just four years of marriage. Too many problems, too many struggles. 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. An accomplished exploration of starting over and sunset triumph, A Forty-Year Kiss is a novel in the tradition of Kent Haruf's Our Souls at Night. This is a literary valentine that promises to become a love-story for the ages.
"Nick Butler only writes good books, but this is the one that sticks most tightly in my brain and heart." -- Leif Enger, bestselling author of Peace Like a River and I Cheerfully Refuse
NICKOLAS 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 six books, and his writing has been praised by The New York Times, People Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and many others. He lives on sixteen acres of land in rural Wisconsin adjacent to a buffalo farm. He is married and has two children. Find him online at https://nickolasbutler.com/
THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 6:00 pm on April 28.
BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend.
DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged.
WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows.
WE ASK that attendees arrive between 6:45 and 7:00 PM for the event.
PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home
OUR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Mrs Dalloway's, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, United States
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