Match Made In Heaven | 
 enlarge | Author: Bob Mitchell
Publisher: Kensington
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 213205
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0758212704
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780758212702
ASIN: 0758212704
Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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Condition: New & unused. Clean, tight pages, no marking or folding on pages. Has a little bit of curl up on front cover.
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Product Description
"So...why should I save you?" That's the question Elliott Goodman hears in the OR as he's about to have emergency surgery following a heart attack. But it isn't Elliott's surgeon who's asking. It's God. As in The Almighty. And God has a wager for Elliott. He challenges him to an eighteen-hole golf match. If Elliott wins, he is saved; if he loses...So begins this witty, insightful, very funny, and wholly unique novel about golf and life and the lessons learned from both. To be fair (isn't He always?), God sends down eighteen legendary opponents to play against Elliott and hopefully teach him a few tricks along the way. From Leonardo da Vinci (nice clubs) to Marilyn Monroe (nice...everything), Babe Ruth (pass the hot dogs), Abraham Lincoln (cheater!), and fourteen other luminaries, including Moses, John Lennon, Joan of Arc, Picasso, W.C. Fields, Socrates, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Beethoven, Gandhi, and Shakespeare, Elliott squares off against some of the most extraordinary people who've ever lived. As shots are analyzed, balls enter bunkers, and Freud drives the cart (control freak), Elliott has a chance to examine his life and his form, to see what he can correct or improve before meeting his ultimate challenger. Bighearted and delightfully original, Bob Mitchell's "Match made in Heaven" is a grand celebration of golf and a profound parable of travelling our own personal fairways in a game where no effort is wasted, and every failure is just another chance to try again.
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 Clever and witty August 12, 2007
I enjoyed Match Made in Heaven, a story about a man trying to save his life by winning a match against 18 famous people who are playing instead of God. I thought the most interesting part was the depiction of these 18 people. The author did an eccellent job of bringing life and humanism into them. Having read numerous novels on golf, this quick read is one that I would reccommend.
 Pretty Good March 28, 2007
The concept of the book was good, and the character's progression through the game was entertaining. The author's message was good, but... I think that it was somewhat predictable. All in all, it is worth reading, and it goes by really quick. If anything the cast of characters that emerge also offer a good refesher in history.
 Excellent Review January 21, 2007
I have never ordered from this site before and I was very pleased with the book. It was in excellent condition, although they said it was used. It was fresh looking and I was very pleased. Delivery was slow, but then I rather expected that and I did not request any special delivery. I would order from this site again. Jane Weis
A Great Message and a Great Read July 6, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, especially since I am both an ardent golfer and a former heart surgery patient. The book's message that in both golf and life ..."it is all about heart" is so true. And "Match Made in Heaven" presents that message in a brilliantly written, quirky, humorous fashion that should be a must read for every golfer and everyone who has ever had something life threatening in their lives, and anyone else who values life's "mulligans".
Match Made in Heaven July 5, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is absolutely brilliant. It is delightfully poignant as well as hilariously funny. I truly wish I could apply all the principles learned by Elliot in his 18-hole round of golf to my own life on a daily basis! I recommend this book highly!
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