My Boyfriend's Back Fifty True Stories of Reconnecting with a Long-Lost Love

by Hanover, Donna

• ISBN13: 9780452286023
• ISBN10: 0452286026
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-27
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

Poignant and funny, My Boyfriend’s Backcaptures the love story of former high school sweethearts Ed Oster and Donna Hanover—journalist, actress, and First Lady of New York City from 1994 to 2001—who, more than thirty years after their breakup, reconnected and married, becoming part of a twenty-first-century trend in relationships.Combining expert advice with the stories of fifty couples across the country who reunited after years apart and are building committed lives together—including celebrities Carol Channing, Suzanne Pleshette and Tom Poston, and Nicole Miller—My Boyfriend’s Backis a guidebook for those who are single, widowed, and divorced and a Valentine for romantics everywhere. Anyone who still remembers an early love must read this book . . .” —Mary Higgins Clark For anyone who believes in happy endings, My Boyfriend’s Backis an inspiration.” —Ellen Levine, editor in chief, Good Housekeeping What a triumph! My Boyfriend’s Backis witty, engaging, and a sheer delight to read.” —Liz Smith

Author Biography

DONNA HANOVER is the former First Lady of New York City, an Ivy League-ûeducated journalist, actress, and host of the nationally syndicated television program, Fine Living-'s Famous Homes & Hideaways. Since the hardcover publication of My Boyfriend-'s Back, Hanover has become the go-to expert on reunited love, appearing on such shows as The Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America, and in People and the New York Times.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
How It All Started	xvii
PART ONE How Reuniting Is Different, and Sometimes More Powerful, Than Falling in Love with Someone New
Chapter 1. He Doesn't See My Cellulite	3	(18)
Chapter 2. He Loves the Real Me	21	(23)
Chapter 3. Early Love "Sets the Standard"	44	(18)
Chapter 4. The Lure of Shared Backgrounds	62	(18)
Chapter 5. We Were Friends, Not Sweethearts	80	(16)
Chapter 6. Our Families Pulled Us Apart	96	(18)
Chapter 7. Crisis Brought Us Together	114	(14)
Chapter 8. The Chance to Do It Right	128	(25)
PART TWO Why So Many People Are Rekindling Love Now
Chapter 9. Dating Fatigue	153	(20)
Chapter 10. The Internet Impact	173	(20)
Chapter 11. "More Wonderful Love"	193	(18)
PART THREE How to Find Rekindled Love
Chapter 12. How to Reunite	211	(13)
Chapter 13. Flashing Yellow Lights	224	(24)
Chapter 14. Lost Treasure Found	248	(13)
Afterword	261	(2)
Acknowledgments	263	(10)
Questions for Discussion	273	(4)
About the Author	277