Skipping a Beat
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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.
Notes
Pekkanen, S., & Maby, M. (2013). Skipping a Beat. Unabridged. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Pekkanen, Sarah and Madeleine, Maby. 2013. Skipping a Beat. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Pekkanen, Sarah and Madeleine, Maby, Skipping a Beat. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Pekkanen, Sarah, and Madeleine Maby. Skipping a Beat. Unabridged. [United States], Simon & Schuster Audio, 2013.
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