My Beautiful Disaster (The Pathway Collection #2) [Paperback]

Michelle Buckman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 27, 2007

When Dixie catches the eye of Vince, she’s in heaven. She thinks it’s love at first sight, and there’s nothing she wants more than to be Vince’s girl, no matter what it takes—until his nice-guy façade slips away.

Recommended by Jordin Sparks, American Idol winner 2007.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"It was amazing. I loved it! Despite everything that's going on, I had time to read another amazing book by Michelle Buckman. With Maggie Come Lately, I was completely drawn in by her characters and real-life issues that she tackled in the story. In her second book, My Beautiful Disaster, she drew me in even more with her compelling story about Maggie's best friend-turned-sister, Dixie. In

Dixie's story, she goes through love, loss, fear, and

redemption. I can honestly say that I felt Dixie's emotions when I read her words. I felt my chest puff up with pride as if I knew her myself. I felt connected. I could not put the book down for three days straight. You want a good read? You're looking at it." -- Jordin Sparks, American Idol winner 2007

From the Back Cover

Hanging out with Heather and Tammy, the most popular girls in school, has changed Dixie’s life. Every weekend is filled with shopping trips, pizza, and parties. But no escapade compares to the night the three of them sneak out to see a hot new band. When Dixie catches the eye of lead guitarist Vince Evans, she’s in heaven. He’s so suave, so good-looking and mysterious, that none of the boys at school begins to measure up to him. Dixie thinks it’s love at first sight, and there’s nothing she wants more than to be Vince’s girl, no matter what it takes—until his nice-guy façade slips away and she realizes his act doesn’t end on the stage.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: NavPress (September 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600060838
• ISBN-13: 978-1600060830
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,435,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michelle Buckman is the author of six novels, including 2008 Christy Award Finalist Maggie Come Lately. Her stories offer compelling perspectives on contemporary issues by pulling readers into the characters' dilemmas. Michelle is also an international speaker and writing workshop instructor. Walking on the beach is her favorite pastime and her greatest source of inspiration.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Book, June 19, 2010

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Sarah Reinhard "Catholic wife, mother, writer... (snoringscholar.com) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Beautiful Disaster (The Pathway Collection #2) (Paperback)

My Beautiful Disaster, by Michelle Buckman, is the sequel to Maggie Come Lately, which I raved about in #3 of my Seven Summer Reads post a few weeks ago. I'm a big fan of Buckman's, and Beautiful Disaster did not disappoint.

You probably already know that the characters were flawless. (By that I mean that they were as messed up as you and me, made big mistakes, and lived life like you expect real life people to.)

You won't be surprised to know to hear that the writing was fabulous, that the settings were detailed without gagging, that the dialogue could have been overheard in my sister-in-law's living room (if her kids were old enough, that is).

What you might be surprised to hear is what this book's main topic is. I can't tell you, though, because it will destroy the plot. (Well, it would have destroyed it for me. I'm sure, if you look at enough reviews, you'll find one that will tell you.)

Buckman's tag line is "fiction that rethinks life." Now that I've read four of her novels, I feel like I can nod vigorously and write her thank you notes for the difficult work she's doing. She's not picking an easy writing route with this kind of fiction, but she is speaking to the heart of the matter.

She does it without shoving anything down your throat too. (Have you noticed that I'm just a wee bit sensitive to that?) She does it without painting a picture of a life that does not exist, and she makes me want to read more-more-MORE of what she writes.

This book (and its predecessor) get my very highest recommendation. They're the kind of books I would almost buy extra copies of, in order to make sure that I don't lose the original to a friend.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Story, Bad Grammer, July 15, 2010

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Janet Orosz (Pawleys Island, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Beautiful Disaster (The Pathway Collection #2) (Paperback)

This sequel to Maggie Come Lately is a fairly well-written book that has a boring beginning but eventually drew me into the narrator's world and problems to become a thoughtful exploration of the tribulations of teenage passion and pregnancy. When I had to interrupt my reading, I couldn't wait to get back to my book to see what was happening with Dixie, but I undoubtedly would have enjoyed it more had I read the first book. I had to drop the rating because of the inexcusably sloppy errors that grated like squeaky chalk, such as the wine was "bitterer than." She also had the characters attending the Cooper River Bridge Run in Columbia, SC. I drove through Charleston yesterday and can attest that both the Cooper River and the Cooper River Bridge are still there, right where they've always been, so that means the runners had to run 115 miles--quite a marathon!

5.0 out of 5 stars great read, December 9, 2010

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This review is from: My Beautiful Disaster (The Pathway Collection #2) (Kindle Edition)

I thought this book was really good. The character is well developed. The girl in this book has a good heart but makes bad decisions and you really feel for the character. The book was realistic