Heather McElhatton is een onafhankelijke producer voor Minnesota Public Radio en Public Radio International. Haar commentaren en verhalen zijn regelmatig landelijk te horen in This American Life, Marketplace, Weekend America, Sound Money en The Savvy Traveler, en ze presenteert de live radioshow Stage Sessions. Ze zal binnenkort te zien zijn naast Ira Glass in de televisieversie van This American Life.
In this darkly humorous tale, the complexities of relationships are explored through the lens of a wedding gone awry. As the characters navigate the chaos of love, commitment, and unexpected twists, they uncover the absurdities and pressures surrounding marriage. The narrative delves into themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the often comedic struggles that arise when two lives intertwine, leading to a gripping and entertaining examination of what it truly means to say "I do."
Congratulations—You just won $22 million in the Lottery! So what happens next? In Heather McElhatton's second do-over novel, Million Little Mistakes, you win $22 million in the lottery. Given the chance to live like a millionaire, you could realize all your dreams or learn that money only causes more problems. It all depends on the choices you make . . . Should you keep your day job? Stay in your relationship? Save an endangered species? Have a debauched weekend on Sex Island? Buy an aristocrat's life on eBay or pay off all your family's debt? Should you climb Mount Everest, trek the remote jungles of China, book passage on a luxury cruise, or become an infamous Voodoo priestess? Is your destiny to become a philanthropist, a pharmaceutical tycoon, a happy homemaker, or a burlesque stripper? Be careful. Your fortune could be lost in a Ponzi scheme; your wildest fantasy may bring you total bliss or lead you to a run-in with extortionists who try to kill you. There are hundreds of possible adventures sown inside Million Little Mistakes. Some lives end fabulously while others in utter disaster, so choose wisely. You can buy a lot with $22 million, but can you buy a happy ending?
It all begins after high school. Nothing's simple anymore. Should you do the right thing and go to college? With more than 150 possible endings sown into this novel, you can experience lives taken to the depths of misery, or the heights of happiness and fulfilment. Because doesn't everyone wonder what if?
There are hundreds of lives sown inside Pretty Little Mistakes, Heather McElhatton's singularly spectacular, breathtakingly unique novel that has more than 150 possible endings. You may end up in an opulent mansion or homeless down by the river; happily married with your own corporation or alone and pecked to death by ducks in London; a Zen master in Japan or morbidly obese in a trailer park.Is it destiny or decision that controls our fate? You can't change your past and start over from scratch in real life—but in Pretty Little Mistakes, you can! But be warned, choose wisely.
