My Boyfriend's Back: Fifty True Stories of Reconnecting with a Long-Lost Love [Paperback]

Donna Hanover (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 2005

Poignant and funny, My Boyfriend’s Back captures the love story of former high school sweethearts Ed Oster and Donna Hanover—journalist, actress, and First Lady of New York City from 1994 to 2001—who, more than thirty years after their breakup, reconnected and married, becoming part of a twenty-first-century trend in relationships.

Combining expert advice with the stories of fifty couples across the country who reunited after years apart and are building committed lives together—including celebrities Carol Channing, Suzanne Pleshette and Tom Poston, and Nicole Miller—My Boyfriend’s Back is a guidebook for those who are single, widowed, and divorced and a Valentine for romantics everywhere.

“Anyone who still remembers an early love must read this book . . .”
—Mary Higgins Clark

“For anyone who believes in happy endings, My Boyfriend’s Back is an inspiration.”
—Ellen Levine, editor in chief, Good Housekeeping

“What a triumph! My Boyfriend’s Back is witty, engaging, and a sheer delight to read.”
—Liz Smith

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"Anyone who still remembers an early love must read this book . . ."
—Mary Higgins Clark

"For anyone who believes in happy endings, My Boyfriend’s Back is an inspiration."
—Ellen Levine, editor in chief, Good Housekeeping

"What a triumph! My Boyfriend’s Back is witty, engaging, and a sheer delight to read."
—Liz Smith

About the Author

DONNA HANOVER is the former First Lady of New York City, an Ivy League–educated journalist, actress, and host of the nationally syndicated television program, Fine Living’s Famous Homes & Hideaways. Since the hardcover publication of My Boyfriend’s Back, Hanover has become the go-to expert on reunited love, appearing on such shows as The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America, and in People and the New York Times.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Plume (December 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452286026
• ISBN-13: 978-0452286023
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,314,392 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Site Rating: 4 1/2 hearts - Heartwarming and Wonderfully Testaments To the Powers of Finding and Rediscovering Love Again!, August 9, 2006

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Janalee Ruschhaupt (Fresno, California U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Boyfriend's Back: Fifty True Stories of Reconnecting with a Long-Lost Love (Paperback)

Have you every wondered what happened to your first love? Or, how about an old flame from your past that seems to linger on your mind? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK is a book you must read!

This is an inspirational book of compiled stories of heartwarming reunions of lost loves. From the moment you pick up the book, you will be emerged into the loving and spellbinding words the author's pens about each and every couples that is entertained in this outstanding book.

MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK is by author Donna Hanover. Ms. Hanover captured these heartwarming and heartfelt reunions of love that will transport you back to the days of first love--special love that could be within your reach if you know where and how to look for it.

With her well thought out book of finding and recapturing love from the past, Ms. Hanover will take the reader's on an emotional journey through the long-lost love stories that will bring tears, laughter, and joy to your hearts as you peruse through the different stories of rekindled and found love.

Ms. Hanover takes the readers through step-by-step chapters on finding, reuniting, and the pitfalls to look out for when searching for that special someone. When you finish this book you will have a better understanding of the how, why and where love starts, develops, and shapes us as individuals.

After reading this book, this reviewer just might trace back over her lost love from over twenty years ago. Who knows, Dale might be out there somewhere single just like this reviewer is now. Love is a wonderful and moving force that can happen if you open your mind and heart to it. Pick up a copy of MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK by Donna Hanover today. Your heart and soul, and hopeful a lost love, will love you even more for taking the next step and just doing it!

Reviewed by Janalee Ruschhaupt, 2006
Courtesy of Love Romances

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well .... If You Insist on Being a Hopeless Romantic ... Read On and Dream On, September 19, 2006

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M. R. Estante "book reader" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Boyfriend's Back: Fifty True Stories of Reconnecting with a Long-Lost Love (Paperback)

Hmmmm .... I'm all for first loves finally getting it right the second time around after time apart provided both are free to be together in every which way. It was a happy ending for Donna Hanover ... I mean after all ... her second husband "saw her first" as teenagers. Just like the fictional characters Thomas and Linda in Anita Shreve's "The Last Time They Met" and TV sweethearts Joey and Caitlin from the Canadian teen drama DeGrassi: The Next Generation ... it's more true to life than one would believe that reunions can be this thrilling. That said, on the flip side of such wonderful love tales, is if you read this you might (A) seek out your high school sweetheart despite being partnered; (B) worry that your partner might do the same and leave you with the raw end of the deal. And even more freaky a thought is for all the people who believe in past lives... what if you or your significant other ends up searching for their past life sweetheart? We can all conjure up more scary scenarios. Nonetheless, if you need a great dose of pure unrestrained true life love stories to get you misty-eyed ... read on and dream on from cover to cover! Just excercise good judgement should you decide to hire a private detective who specializes in being a "Finder of Lost Loves".