Long Enough to Love You

<p>A love story of self of past of present of future. One woman's journey to put the pieces of her life together in the most meaningful way - at times chaotic at times cathartic but ultimately beautiful in all its imperfect pieces.<br><br>*Amazon Best-Seller*<br>The BookFest Second Place Award Contemporary Romance (2023)<br>A Literary Titan Gold Book Award Winner (2023)<br>Reader's Favorite 5 Stars (2023)<br>Firebird Book Awards First Place: Fiction Divorce Fiction and Romance (2024)<br>Book Excellence Winner-Divorce (2024)<br><br>Jenn fifty-something and empty-nesting feels like a donut: whole on the outside but missing the middle. The deafening sound of silence in the picture-perfect oversized home she shares with a husband who does not see her makes the voices arguing in her head hard to ignore. One voice tells her to stay because safe and simple is good; another says leave so you can be the version of yourself not defined by others. The thought of ever after without happily feels like purgatory.<br><br>The chance discovery of her long-forgotten diaries unearths memories of a first love long buried reminders that the most beautiful love is sometimes wasted on the young. Her words become a very real reminder of everything first love had been when she reconnects with Tripp in unexpected ways.<br><br>Long Enough to Love You by Kirsten Pursell follows Jenn - a courageous yet vulnerable protagonist - as she dissects and unpacks her marriage in an emotional journey to stay true to herself despite societal norms and middle-age stereotypes that would suggest otherwise.</p>