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Skipping a Beat (Paperback, Original)
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Skipping a Beat (Paperback, Original)
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Loot Price R382
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You Save R78 (17%)
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From the author of the acclaimed "The Opposite of Me," a poignant,
witty novel about marriage, forgiveness, and the choices that give
shape--and limits--to our lives.
What would you do if your husband suddenly wanted to rewrite all of
the rules of your relationship? This is the question at the heart
of "Skipping a Beat," Pekkanen's thought-provoking second book.
From the outside, Julia and Michael seem to have it all. Both
products of difficult childhoods in rural West Virginia - where
they were simply Julie and Mike - they become high school
sweethearts and fall in love. Shortly after graduation, they flee
their small town to start afresh. Now thirty-somethings, they are
living a rarified life in their multi-million-dollar, Washington
D.C. home. Julia is a highly sought-after party planner, while
Michael has just sold his wildly successful flavored water company
for $70 million.
But one day, Michael collapses in his office. Four minutes and
eight seconds after his cardiac arrest, a portable defibrillator
jump-starts his heart. But in those lost minutes he becomes a
different man. Money is meaningless to him - and he wants to give
it all away. Julia, who sees bits of her life reflected in scenes
from the world's great operas, is now facing with a choice she
never anticipated. Should she should walk away from the man she
once adored - but who truthfully became a stranger to her long
before this pronouncement - or give in to her husband's pleas for a
second chance and a promise of a poorer but happier life?
As wry and engaging as her debut, but with quiet depth and newfound
maturity, "Skipping a Beat" is an unforgettable portrait of a
marriage whose glamorous surface belies the complications and
betrayals beneath.
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