Praise for Bob Mitchell and Match Made in Heaven

“A golf game against God—with the stakes—life and death? What a great concept! But it gets even better as Elliott Goodman plays golf with Leonardo da Vinci, W.C. Fields, John Lennon, and others. This daring book is a miracle, and, I think, quite possibly a classic.” —James Patterson

“This story is enjoyable throughout.” —Christine Brennan

“A great read…Bob Mitchell writes with wit, intelligence, and passion.” —Bill Bradley

“Match Made in Heaven will have you hooked from the first page.” —Jim Nantz

“An engaging and often hilarious account of a star-studded round.” —Bob Costas

“A magical golf story. Golf truly is a metaphor for life. Fascinating!” —Ann Liguori

“A fascinating and fun read that explores the lessons golf can teach us.” —Tim Finchem

“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 traveling 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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