All You Could Ask For
A Novel
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Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Mike is as clever, astute, and perceptive as he is brilliant. He has beautifully pulled off the three female voices in this novel...with tremendous wisdom and insight.” — Jane Green, New York Times-bestselling author
A tender and insightful story of friendship and love, heartbreak and renewal, played out in the lives of three unforgettable women, from the cohost of ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning.
Brooke has been happily married to her college sweetheart for fifteen years. Even after the C-section, the dog poop, the stomach viruses and the coffee breath, Scott always winks at her in just the right moments. That is why, for her beloved, romantic, successful husband’s fortieth birthday, she is giving him pictures. Of herself. Naked.
Newlywed Samantha learns of her husband’s cheating heart when she finds the goods on his computer.
High-powered career woman Katherine works with heartbreaker Phillip, the man who hurt her early on in her career.
Brooke, Samantha, and Katherine don’t know each other, but their stories are about to intertwine in ways no one could have imagined.
And all three are about to discover the power of friendship to conquer adversity, the satisfaction of unexpected delights, the incredible difference one human being can have on other lives—and that they have all they could ask for, as long as they have each other.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This upbeat, snappy debut novel from ESPN sports talk host Greenberg (Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot) involves three iron-willed, independent-minded ladies who meet and become friends through an online support group for breast cancer patients. Samantha Royce is a 28-year-old marathon runner and TV feature producer from New York City who, while honeymooning in Hawaii, discovers that her district attorney husband Robert is already cheating on her. Brooke Biltmore, age 40 and married to Wall Street executive Scott, with two children, protects her "perfect life" by keeping her diagnosis secret. Katherine Emerson, also age 40, has just decided to resign her high-powered corporate job for the man of her dreams when she gets the bad news. Samantha's sense of humor helps Katherine get through her chemo, while Brooke reconnects Samantha with high school crush Andrew Marks, now a successful pediatrician. Greenberg's promising first effort, told partly in the form of message board postings, develops the lead characters well enough for its predictably feel-good conclusion to feel justified.
Customer Reviews
All you could ask for
At first, when I started reading this book I was disappointed! But as some of the other reviews noted, wait until you start reading the second part of this book! It is pretty incredible! Highly recommend!
All You Could Ask For
Literally! An amazing well written book with genuine relatable characters that seem to be telling their story directly to the reader!
I came to this book via a Radio / Television show that I watch religiously called Mike & Mike in the morning on ESPN Radio / ESPN 2 on TV. I was amazed to learn a sports jock would be able to write this type of book in such a clear clean wonderful way!
Thanks Mike! Great Read!
All You Could Ask For
Incredibly sweet and heartfelt. You immediately connect with the characters and forget that the voices of these women are written by a Sports Dude!