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A New York Times Bestselling AuthorJonathan Sweetwater has been blessed with a fulfilling career, great kids, and a smart, sophisticated wife. But there’s one thing he never had: a relationship with his father. Now deceased, beloved five-term U.S. senator Percival Sweetwater III was absent from his son’s life since Jonathan was nine. On a quest for understanding ― about himself, about manhood, about marriage ― Jonathan decides to track down his father’s ex-wives.
My Fathers Wives (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series), by Mike Greenberg- Amazon Sales Rank: #5439410 in Books
- Brand: Greenberg, Mike
- Published on: 2015-05-06
- Format: Large Print
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.10" h x 5.60" w x 8.60" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 375 pages
Review “Turns out Greenberg knows a lot more than sports. He knows about men--the holes we dig ourselves into and the mess we make trying to pull ourselves out.” (Jonathan Tropper, author of This Is Where I Leave You)On the surface, MY FATHER’S WIVES appears to be an examination of relationships. Fathers and sons. Husbands and wives. It is that for sure. But it’s also so much more...Fully realized characters, deft pacing and spot-on dialogue.” (Associated Press)“Greenberg imbues his second novel with an autobiographical sense of purpose and undeniable honesty . . . A highly enjoyable walk through Jonathan’s foggy past, tumultuous present, and imagined future. Fans of Joshua Henkin and Emma Straub will enjoy Greenberg’s wry, unflinching domestic fiction.” (Booklist)“My Father’s Wives is a remarkably compelling story--thought-provoking, sincere, and, at tis heart, undeniably romantic.” (Meg Donohue, author of All the Summer Girls)
From the Back Cover
The cohost of ESPN's Mike and Mike follows up his New York Times bestseller All You Could Ask For with this poignant story of one man's search for the secret to understanding his father, his marriage, and himself
Jonathan Sweetwater has been blessed with money, a fulfilling career, great kids, and Claire, his smart, gorgeous, sophisticated wife. But there is one thing Jonathan never had: a relationship with his father.
Percival Sweetwater III has been absent from his son's life since Jonathan was nine years old. A five-term U.S. senator, Percy was beloved by presidents, his constituents, and women alike, especially the five women who married him after he and Jonathan's mother divorced.
Jonathan hasn't thought about Percy or the hole he left in his life for years. But then he discovers evidence that everything in his marriage may not be as perfect as he thought.
On a quest for understanding—about himself, about manhood, about marriage—Jonathan decides to track down his father's five ex-wives. His journey will take him from cosmopolitan cities to the mile-high mountains to a tropical island . . . and ultimately back to confront the one thing Jonathan has that his father never did: home.
About the Author Mike Greenberg is cohost of ESPN's Mike & Mike in the Morning and a New York Times bestselling author. He is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a native of New York City. He lives with his wife, Stacy, and their children in Connecticut. Mike and Stacy have also created a foundation called Heidi's Angels, through which all of the author's profits from the sale of his book, All You Could Ask For, will be donated to The V Foundation for Cancer Research to combat breast cancer.
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47 of 51 people found the following review helpful. Feel-good rich guy fantasy By Kathy Cunningham Mike Greenberg's MY FATHER'S WIVES is a novel about the pursuit of perfection. Forty-year-old narrator Jonathan Sweetwater is living the perfect life - he's rich, he's best friends with his billionaire boss (who provides him with his own limo and driver, flies him all over the place first class, and sets up pick-up games with Michael Jordan), and he has a gorgeous wife and two adorable kids. Perfect, right? Well, when he comes home early from a business trip to find his wife in a seemingly compromising position with an unidentified man, all of Jonathan's perfection crumbles. Rather than confronting the situation, he sets out on a two-week odyssey to discover the truth - not just about his wife, but about his deceased father, a powerful five-term senator who deserted him when he was nine and had six wives before he died. It's an interesting premise, and Jonathan is a likable enough narrator, but I never quite got the connection between his non-relationship with his father and his inability to deal directly with his wife. By the end, I found myself wondering what the whole thing had really been about.Part of the problem is the almost unbelievable affluence of Jonathan's life. He and his boss go out clubbing after work (to places where only the rich and famous can get in) and they dine at the most exclusive of restaurants. Jonathan flies first class (with caviar and Champagne), and his boss doesn't seem to mind that he's jetting off to Aspen, New York, and London in his personal odyssey - in fact, the only time his boss actually requires him to come into the office is when he wants to play basketball. Additionally, Jonathan has an extensive wine cellar - he and his wife share of bottle of pricey wine just about every evening. It's quite a blissful portrait of family life - mom and dad are sipping Estancia Pinot Noir, the kids have milk, and everyone shares a group hug. So when Jonathan becomes convinced that his wife is cheating on him, he is understandably shaken. He decides to pay a visit to each of his father's six wives, hoping a better understanding of the man who deserted him would help him better understand himself.But his quest to visit his father's wives never quite makes sense. Jonathan seems concerned that he's either too much like his father (he calls him a "serial monogamist," since he could never commit to any woman for more than a few years but he always had to be married) or too little like him (which would suggest he could never be as popular, as charismatic, or as powerful as his father was). But if his wife really is cheating on him, it has nothing to do with either his father or his father's wives. And what little he learns from the women he visits (the wives' characters are thinly developed, and their conversations with Jonathan are fairly brief) sheds no light on whether or not his wife is cheating on him. What is revealed is that Jonathan, like his father, has been obsessed with perfection. And as one of the wives tells him, perfection isn't possible.I enjoyed reading MY FATHER'S WIVES. Greenberg has an easygoing writing style, and the novel is both readable and engaging. I just had a little trouble identifying with super-wealthy Jonathan and his suspicions about his wife. The central mystery of the novel - is his wife cheating or isn't she? - was never really much of a mystery. And the most interesting character by far - Jonathan's deceased father - is neither fully developed nor understandable. In the end, this is a feel-good story about very rich people living a fantasy life. It just never felt real.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Memories smell better than they actually are By KasaC This book reminded me of the Bill Murray movie Broken Flowers, in which a man seeking truths visits a series of women, each providing enigmatic clues to the answers he is seeking. Whereas Murray's character was reliving his own past, here Jonathan Sweetwater is trying to gain a better understanding of his flamboyant father who was a "serial monogamist" who after leaving Jon's mother had five more wives. Each segment plays out like its own short story, but fails to provide a cohesive whole. Jon's father departed when he was only nine years old, and he never saw him again after that. Unfortunately the wives never fully developed, and the mystery which sets Jon's quest in action is not very compelling. I found it to be a page turner, but was unfulfilled at the end.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Not Engaging or Deep, But Had Real Potential By LAURI CRUMLEY COATES I think I was expecting a more intense and thought provoking storyline here. The main character, Jonathan, starts out his story by telling readers he is a man who has everything. Wonderful high paying jobs, a totally cool boss who offers unbelievable perks, including pickup bball games with Michael Jackson, flying him first class on business trips, a limo and driver at his beck and call. He has a lovely wife and three sweet children, but they are actually not well drawn, and the characters seem flat and almost like afterthoughts. Which makes his predicament all the more hard to understand. He believes his wife is having an affair, which upsets him greatly. Rather than working through the issue with her, he embarks on a voyage to discover the life and wives stories of his deceased father, a man who also appeared to have everything going for him. He hasn't had his father as a main figure for most of his life, the father having basically deserting him and wife number one when Jonathan is nine years old. The book is basically a series of shorter stories based on the son's discovery of the father's life. However, they aren't particularly compelling, and really don't give much of an insight to the lives and mindsets of either father or son. There was more potential here, sadly the author just didn't work it. Not at all what I expected, and somewhat disappointing.
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