Back in the 1980s, Beau was torn between two Mikes: one she eventually married, the other she left behind (and forgot all about, or tried to anyway). In the present, the former swinging single lives in the sticks with a childbirth-traumatised body and an increasingly distant husband. When, out of the blue, the Mike she said goodbye to all those years ago sends her a fliry email, Beau suddenly finds herself back to square one, trying to decide which man is the Mike of her dreams. But which Mike did she choose in the first place? This delightful tale alternates between the story of Beau's summer of Mikes and the outcome fifteen years later...without giving away which Mike she decided to marry until the very end.
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The inventive premise of Markham's winning novel involves a love triangle in both the past and the present among pretty Beau, the Mike she married, and the Mike she left behind. Beau spent her early twenties in Manhattan in the late 1980s working for a television show and dating her high-school sweetheart, Mike, who was torn between moving to New York and staying in California. Beau is waiting in an airport bar for Mike when she meets the other Mike, a handsome stranger who charms her right off the bat and asks her out. In the present, Beau is married to one of the Mikes, living in the suburbs with him and their three children, but an e-mail from the other Mike gets her wondering about what could have been, and what still could be. Markham alternates between the past and the present, not giving away which Mike Beau chose to marry until the very end of the novel. Markham's latest is an appealing, wholly original yarn. Kristine Huntley
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
About the Author
Unlike her heroine, happily married suburban mom Wendy Markham has never been torn between two men, and she never knew all the words to any Paula Abdul song; however, she unfortunately did frequently hairspray her bangs into a tusk and wear neon-striped bike shorts back in the summer of 1989. Under her real name, she is the New York Times bestselling author or more than fifty books.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This one will keep you guessing,
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This review is from: Mike, Mike & Me (Red Dress Ink Novels) (Paperback)
Beau is a stay at home mom of three rambunctious boys. She and the love of her life, Mike, have settled down in the `burbs, and life has become a bit monotonous. Lately, she's been thinking about the other Mike she loved, especially when out of the blue, he sends her an e-mail. Suddenly she's wondering what might have been had she chosen him. Despite her friend's warnings and protestations, she arranges to meet Mike in Florida while visiting her in-laws, where he confesses that he's never gotten over her.
Beau meets the first Mike while at summer camp. They spend each summer together, and now that they have graduated, she assumes that they will take the next step - living together or getting married. But Mike thinks it is all too sudden, and is not sure he wants to take a job in New York or California, where he has an opportunity to work on something called the world wide web ("is that like USA for Africa?"). Enter the other Mike. whom she meets in an airport bar and feels an instant rapport. He gives her his business card, and she thinks that she has tossed it out. Then she finds it and starts seeing him platonically, though he's more interested in a relationship, and she doubts the first Mike's commitment to the relationship since he wants to remain in California. Each chapter is identified as past or present (1989 versus 2004), and chock full of so many pop culture references to the 80's that late boomers will get a kick out of the trip down memory lane. The past and present flow so well together. As Beau bounces from anecdotes and stories about each Mike, the reader is just not sure which Mike she ended up with. Just when you think you know that it is one Mike, you reconsider and believe it is the other Mike, and then back again. "Mike, Mike & Me" is a cleverly written and entertaining novel that will keep you guessing.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous tale,
This review is from: Mike, Mike & Me (Red Dress Ink Novels) (Paperback)
In 1989, high school student Barbra "Beau" is dating Mike when she meets a new Mike. The two Mikes in her life are as different as any pair of people could be, but she likes both of them. After a difficult time making up her mind Beau finally picks one Mike and marries him, leaving the other Mike behind.
Fifteen years later, Beau and Mike remain married raising three kids and living in Westchester County, New York. When the rejected Mike contacts Beau, her dissatisfaction with being a suburban mom surfaces. She begins to dream of returning to the big city, doing something besides being a mom and wondering if she married the wrong Mike. This fabulous tale rotates between the present and the past with the lead female protagonist considering which Mike is right for her in each time period. The story line uses 1989 teen cultural icons and other references to anchor that era, but does so within the context of the subplot. Wendy Markham also keeps readers guessing on which Mike became the spouse with that twist turning the story into a one sitting tale that in ways reminds the audience of hypocrisy of The Importance of Being Earnest. Harriet Klausner
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely LOVED this book!,
By Chick lit fan "vje302" (Tulsa, OK United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mike, Mike & Me (Red Dress Ink Novels) (Paperback)
I wasn't sure if I would like it and I ended up loving this book. It keeps you going up until the last page. I couldn't wait to finish it to figure out which Mike she ends up with. There are barely any hints throughout the book, so it really ends up being a surprise (at least to me). Seriously one of the best chick lit books I've read in a long time!
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