You Don't Love This Man by Dan DeWeese

This book will be released on March 1, 2011

Book Description
On the morning of his daughter Miranda's wedding, Paul learns that the bank he manages has been robbed-by the same man who robbed him twenty-five years before. As if that weren't enough, Miranda, who is set to marry Paul's best friend, seems to be missing.

As Paul struggles to reconcile his little girl with the grown woman he's about to walk down the aisle (if he can find her), and to accept the man he once considered his peer as his future son-in-law, he takes stock of everything leading up to this moment: his wife's unplanned pregnancy, their eventual divorce, his daughter's clandestine romance, and the strange coincidence of being robbed by the same man two decades apart. Paul somehow manages to navigate each of the day's surprises with his signature dry sense of humor and loyalty to those he loves, even while he questions the choices and motives of those around him. Set against the backdrop of the urban Pacific Northwest, Dan DeWeese has crafted a moving and gracefully written story of a father and daughter, and the indelible ties that bind.

My Thoughts
You Don’t Love This Man is a superb novel on the human experience. It’s a slice of life story involving Paul and the day of his daughter Miranda’s wedding. On this morning, his bank is robbed by the same thief who robbed him some twenty years ago. He now has to deal with the bank’s security team, making sure his daughter’s reception is ready, and dealing with his ex-wife. The novel flashes back to certain times of Paul’s life, like when he was happily married, when Miranda was born and is relationship with his best friend Grant. Through al, we get to learn about who Paul is and how important the people in his life are. I found this story to be so moving that I shed a few tears.

Disclosure: This book was received for review from the publisher. I received no compensation for my thoughts.