{"product_id":"the-rest-of-our-lives-used","title":"The Rest of Our Lives (USED)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"186\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"72\" data-end=\"186\"\u003eA moving literary road trip novel about marriage, reinvention, and the quiet search for meaning in middle age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"252\"\u003eA long drive home becomes the beginning of an entirely new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"572\"\u003eIn this acclaimed and deeply human novel, \u003cstrong data-start=\"296\" data-end=\"311\"\u003eTom Layward\u003c\/strong\u003e is finally facing the promise he made to himself years ago. Ever since his wife’s affair more than a decade earlier, Tom planned to leave once their youngest child left for college. Now, after dropping his daughter off in Pittsburgh, he decides not to go home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"606\"\u003eInstead, Tom keeps driving west.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"987\"\u003eAs he travels across the country, reconnecting with old friends, family members, and people from his past, Tom reflects on the choices that shaped his life—his marriage, career, regrets, health struggles, and the quiet compromises that accumulate over time. What begins as an escape slowly transforms into a journey toward self-understanding and the possibility of starting over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"989\" data-end=\"1185\"\u003eTender, reflective, and beautifully observed, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1060\"\u003eThe Rest of Our Lives\u003c\/strong\u003e is a powerful literary novel about \u003cstrong data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1185\"\u003emarriage, aging, forgiveness, and the courage it takes to imagine a different future.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1190\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1d50mmp\" data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1241\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1196\" data-end=\"1241\"\u003eWhy readers love \u003cem data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1238\"\u003eThe Rest of Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1457\"\u003e🚗 A thoughtful cross-country road trip story\u003cbr data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1291\"\u003e💔 Honest exploration of marriage, regret, and reinvention\u003cbr data-start=\"1349\" data-end=\"1352\"\u003e📚 Quiet, emotionally rich literary fiction\u003cbr data-start=\"1395\" data-end=\"1398\"\u003e✨ A hopeful meditation on second chances and self-discovery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1459\" data-end=\"1462\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1ukdbwn\" data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1494\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1492\"\u003ePerfect for fans of:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1622\"\u003eAnn Patchett, Elizabeth Strout, Anne Tyler, and literary fiction centered on family, relationships, and midlife transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1624\" data-end=\"1627\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"m8dten\" data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1655\"\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1656\" data-end=\"1837\"\u003eThe Rest of Our Lives novel, literary road trip fiction, books about marriage and middle age, emotional contemporary literary fiction, novels about second chances and self discovery\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Markovits","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover \/ Like New","offer_id":50256120840385,"sku":"1668231562","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/7767\/2385\/files\/the-rest-of-our-lives.jpg?v=1779559922","url":"https:\/\/thebookmatters.com\/products\/the-rest-of-our-lives-used","provider":"The Bookmatters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}