My Boyfriend's Back |
Donna Hanover
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Hardcover |
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$23.95
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| Published by | Hudson Street Press |
| Release date | 2005-01-13 |
| ISBN | 1594630100 |
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The former First Lady of New York writes of her reunion and subsequent marriage to her high school sweetheart, more than thirty years after their breakup, and chronicles dozens of similar reunions among couples nationwide in what experts call a twenty-first-century relationship trend.
Poignant and heartwarming, My Boyfriend's Back captures the love story of former high school sweethearts Ed Oster and Donna Hanover-journalist, actress, and First Lady of the City of New York from 1994 to 2001-who, more than thirty years after their breakup at Stanford, reconnected, rekindled their love, and married, becoming part of what experts are calling a "twenty-first-century trend" in relationships. Exploring the myriad ways rekindled love is different from new love and why so many couples are reuniting now, Hanover also details the role of the Internet in this trend, and offers some recommendations-and some warnings-for aspiring "reunitees."
Accompanied by a wide array of other couples' stories from across the country-including celebrities Carol Channing, Suzanne Pleshette and Tom Poston, Nicole Miller, Liza Huber, and others-who have also rediscovered their early loves later in life and are building committed lives together, this book combines expert advice and inspiring anecdotes to help readers reconnect with past loves. Whether it's Googling an ex-boyfriend or attending a class reunion, My Boyfriend's Back encourages readers to find out whatever happened to the ex they can't forget; it is the book single, widowed, and divorced romantics everywhere have been waiting for.
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Customer Reviews - courtesy of Amazon.com
"My Boyfriend's Back But He's Just Not That Into Me":
I had the recent experience of accidentally coming across the e-mail address of my first crush in high school who I always cared about, but I can't say I loved him because we only had a few dates when I was thirteen, there was never a real relationship between us. I wrote to him just to say a friendly hello, assuming he was happily married like he used to be before he left our home town thirty years ago. I was so surprised when he wrote back to me and said he has been divorced twice, and would love to come back to our home town to see me. I told him I was very busy (it was around the holidays) and I would contact him in a few weeks. He wrote back literally begging me to call him sooner than that so I did and we got together.
To make a long story short, we had fun talking about old times, and he said he couldn't wait to see me again, promised he would call the next week and come to visit, sent me e-mail saying to call him anytime, etc.
So guess what happens? I leave him a voice mail about getting together and he e-mails me that he doesn't have time for me right now because of business problems and he will try to call soon! So far the call hasn't come, but I'm not sitting around waiting for the phone to ring.
It became apparent to me that he has some financial problems, and in addition, he asked me two or three times when we were together if I had money because I was talking about a trip to Vegas! I'm sure if I told him I owned a five million dollar house in Beverly Hills, Ca. he wouldn't have been too busy to call me!
My point is it's easy for middle aged women like Donna Hanover, Suzanne Phleshette, etc. to snare an old flame because they are wealthy and not middle class like I am. Even though I am still very attractive (even my old crush told me I was very pretty), it doesn't matter in the real world, the bottom line is most middle aged men are looking for wealthy middle aged women or the young Barbie type for a trophy wife (his second wife fit this category and left him after eight months when he lost his job).
Beware before you look up an old flame, you might just get what you ask for, and all the problems that come with him.
As for me, he will always occupy a small place in my heart and I told him the last time we spoke that I always wish the best for him, but I'm going to leave high school ghosts buried from now on!
He is back, but what about everything in between?
This book is a disappointment. It doesn't mention the reason why people get married to someone other then "the boyfriend". It questions the sincerity of long marriages in between. There is nothing to be proud of if your life was fake for 30 years or longer.
My Boyfriend's NOT Back
I looked for a lost love for years and never found him until it was too late. He'd been murdered 1-1/2 years earlier by his then-current girlfriend.
My loss sparked an interest in reading about lost and reconnected loves. This book is recommended by several psychologists who specialize in this particular field.
The recommendation is a good one. The stories are mostly, but not all, happy endings. The age ranges of the reunited couples range from 20s thru 70s. It includes regular folk and some celebrities, like Suzanne Pleshette, the late Tom Poston, and Carol Channing, who reunited with someone from grammar school.
Donna Hanover intersperses her own story of reconnection with the chapters of the book, which are broken down by particular topics of interest. The book was well organized and well written. I enjoyed every page of it. The photos are superfluous, but are, of course, easy to skip.
If you need more material on the subject of lost and found loves, Nancy Kalish, a psychologist has written several books on the subject.
fun
got it for my mother in law(she is currently dating her highschool sweetheart). She loves it, and she actually passes it on to her boyfriend to let him read it. I read a few chapters myself, and really emjoyed it.
My sister is the ex-wife
I want to know why my sister can't talk about her divorce from Ed Oster that had to take place before this marriage and book could be written. A divorce with a gag order ?
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