Secrets of Men in a Lifeboat
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (636 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 069255484X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 460 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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I especially enjoyed the portrayal of the father-son relationship-tender, funny, and true. Baker comes to remind us what dangerous heroes we have wrought. Baker's tightly drawn debut novel, we are presented with life's many interpretations of success, love, and fatherhood. Baker's Secrets of Men in a Lifeboat follows the fall and rise of demoralized advertising executive and single father Luke Morrow, who fate gives a crack at the parallel life he has always wanted and believes himself to deserve. Appel, author of Einstein's Beach House Tightly written and adroit in its storytelling, Secrets of Men in a Lifeboat offers two finely drawn lives and a continuing mystery as to how they will overlap. One man's oscillatio
Just when Luke can’t bear life’s pain anymore, he is remade—into a rich but brutal man. As Luke catapults through realms of fame and fortune, he is granted one last chance to seek redemption in a final showdown between honor and his own devastating power.. Secrets of Men in a Lifeboat Luke Morrow, a financially struggling young single parent to an 8-year-old boy, comes to believe that he has nothing, until by a magical twist of fate, his improbable internet technology start-up turns him into a Silicon Valley billionaire star. Secrets of Men in a Lifeboat begins with Luke’s harrowing romantic sojourn on the moneyed Westside of Los Angeles
He licenses two of his U.S. Visit Todd online at toddrbaker.. During Todd's film industry career, he producedand developed movies for 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures,Disney, Miramax, and Universal Pictures, starring Kevin Costner, LeonardoDiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Robert Downey, Jr., Adam Sandler, ElijahWood, Robert Duvall, Anjelica Huston, Who
Five Stars Thomas L. Beadel Great book, fast page turner with a fun Los Angeles based story. Very fun read. "Not Finishing it" according to Elizabeth A. Means. Luke Morrow, a financially struggling young single parent to an 8-year-old boy, comes to believe that he has nothing, until by a magical twist of fate, his improbable internet technology start-up turns him into a Silicon Valley billionaire star. Secrets of Men in a Lifeboat begins with Luke’s harrowing romantic sojourn on the moneyed Westside of Los Angeles. Just when Luke can’t bear life’s pain anymore, he is remade—into a rich but brutal man. As Luke catapults through realms of fame and fortune, he is gran. "A Lilac Wolf and Stuff Review" according to Lilac Wolf. **I received a free digital copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**I'll say this, it's difficult to put down. It's incredibly fast past, at times too fast to follow what is going on. That doesn't really fit with how lengthy it also seems to be.I'd call it Dude Lit, like the opposite of chick lit. It's entirely from Luke's perspective. He's a decent guy who makes poor decisions. He gambled his family's money on an internet idea that didn't pan out. In the resulting spiral, he lost his marriage. And while he tries to g