{"product_id":"forty-days-hardcover","title":"Forty Days: On the Mountaintop, Halfway Up, and from Behind the Golden Calf - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNate Larkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you cry and laugh within one of the essays in this collection, don't be surprised. Real stories, observations, rants should evoke emotion. Ideally, they should also warrant deposit into the inner \"Hmm . . . box\" we all have inside our heads. The messages herein span everything from the author's first encounter with God through a decision to bequeath his body to science after two unforgettable Irish wakes. In between are encounters with a pedophile priest, a remarkable homeless man who found a life of purpose in homelessness, and a man the author sent to prison. There is also an encounter with God on a golf course; time in a church cult; the inevitable mountaintops and painful tumbles from them with family; love lost and love found; death on the \"installment plan\" and much more. Forty Days is pointing us toward the light. The essays are points on the author's life path, but yours as well. Discover, as you look into your own heart through the author's, faith, faithlessness, hope, loss, restoration, blessing, you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Snyder is a West Virginia native and graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eTrainer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGallop\u003c\/i\u003e magazines, two thoroughbred horse-racing publications. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCross Road: A Journey from Sex to Sanity\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and helps lead one of America's largest church-based recovery groups for men. He lives with his wife, Cassie, in Kuttawa, Kentucky. Ken can be reached at ksnyder211@gmail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158033600647,"sku":"9781666728729","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/39c84721b074716ac5bc515f26335d09.webp?v=1733255629","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/forty-days-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}