Skipping a Beat: A Novel

Skipping a Beat: A Novel

From the author of the acclaimed The Opposite of Me, a poignant, witty novel about marriage, forgiveness, and the choices that give shapeâ€”and limitsâ€”to our lives.
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What would you do if your husband suddenly wanted to rewrite all of the rules of your relationship?Â This is the question at the heart of Skipping a Beat, Pekkanenâ€™s thought-provoking second book.

From the outside, Julia and Michael seem to have it all.Â Both products of difficult childhoods in rural West Virginia â€“ where they were simply Julie and Mike â€“ they become high school sweethearts and fall in love.Â Shortly after graduation, they flee their small town to start afresh.Â NowÂ 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 worldâ€™s great operas, is now facing with a choice she never anticipated. Should she should walk away from the man she once adored â€“ 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? Â

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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Country USA
Brand Washington Square Press
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-02-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451609820

Country	USA
Brand	Washington Square Press
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2011-02-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451609820

Skipping a Beat: A Novel

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