Lonely little Jane Margaux finds comfort in her handsome
imaginary friend, Michael, a grown man. They delight in
spending time at the Regis Hotel in New York City; Jane
with her coffee ice cream covered in hot fudge and Michael
with his melons. Jane's mother, Vivienne, a famous Broadway
producer, is unable to see Jane's imaginary partner.
Vivienne only has time for Jane once a week for a trip to
Tiffany's to look at jewelry. Alone, except for Michael,
Jane is friendless and approaching her ninth birthday.
She's devastated when Michael leaves her, promising she'll
immediately forget him.
Twenty-three years later, the extremely bright Jane is
working for her mother and has written a play, "Thank
Heaven," which is her story with Michael. Even though Jane
was supposed to forget Michael, she didn't, and fate has
thrown them a curve. In between his charges, Michael sees
Jane and begins a relationship with her. When a falling out
occurs between Jane and her domineering mother, Jane quits
her job and goes to Nantucket with Michael. As Michael
begins to feel more and more human, he has a premonition
that he's been sent here for another reason. It's a shock
when that reason becomes clear.
This warm and beautiful tale that James Patterson
and Gabrielle Charbonnet have written together
provides a wonderful insight into the thoughts and feelings
of a lonely child surviving the only way she knows how.
Jane is a wonderful character and Michael is loving and
funny. To live in the mind of a child is a most
enlightening place to be. I couldn't put the book down
because I had to know what was going to happen next.
As a little girl, Jane has no one. Her mother, the
powerful head of a Broadway theater company, has no time
for her. She does have one friend-a handsome, comforting,
funny man named Michael-but only she can see him.
Years later, Jane is in her thirties and just as alone as
ever. Then she meets Michael again-as handsome, smart and
perfect as she remembers him to be. But not even Michael
knows the reason they've really been reunited.
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