Skipping a beat /
Sarah Pekkanen.
- 1st ed.
- Cammeray, N.S.W. : Simon and Schuster Australia, 2011.
- 327 p. ; 24 cm.
First published: New York : Washington Square.
What would you do if your husband suddenly wanted to rewrite all of the rules of your relationship? From the outside, Julia and Michael seem to have it all. Both products of difficult childhoods in rural West Virginia - where they were simply Julie and Mike - they become high school sweethearts and fall in love. Shortly after graduation, they flee their small town to start afresh. Now thirty-somethings, they are living a rarified life in their multi-million-dollar, Washington D.C. home. Julia is a highly sought-after party planner, while Michael has just sold his wildly successful flavored water company for $70 million. But one day, Michael collapses in his office. Four minutes and eight seconds after his cardiac arrest, a portable defibrillator jump-starts his heart. But in those lost minutes he becomes a different man.