Description
When indie musician Mike Maimone meets legendary publicist Howard Bragman, neither expects a once-in-a-lifetime love story to unfold. Despite their perceived differences, they quickly build a shared life based on music, humor, hard-won wisdom, and the unexpected tenderness that comes from finding your forever person just when you’d given up looking.
But when Howard is diagnosed with cancer on the eve of Mike’s proposal, the life they had been envisioning together changes overnight. What follows is both devastating and luminous-a final chapter marked by brutal honesty, fierce devotion, and moments of grace that arrive exactly when they’re needed most.
Guess What? I Love You is the memoir and soundtrack to the great love of Mike Maimone’s life. As he channels his grief into words and music-guided by beautiful and inexplicable synchronicities-readers and listeners witness a transformation from heartbreak toward healing.
The result is both a portrait of devotion and a testament to resilience: a deeply intimate yet universal story celebrating love’s power to endure.
The companion album, also titled Guess What? I Love You, is available on streaming platforms and at mikemaimone.com on vinyl, CD, and digital download.
Praise:
“An emotional tribute to a cherished relationship.” – Kirkus Reviews Verdict: Get it.
“Mike writes with vulnerability and clarity, refusing easy answers or tidy endings. What he offers instead is something more powerful: permission-to feel, to love openly, to grieve honestly, and to keep choosing truth even when it’s difficult.” – DON LEMON, award-winning journalist and bestselling author
“The most honest book I’ve read all year… I loved this book.” – ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, host of the Open Book podcast
“An honest, moving account of love, loss, and the radical act of staying open to possibility.” – Los Angeles Magazine
“Well done.” – GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, award-winning journalist and bestselling author
“A magnificent mixtape of love and loss.” – BookLife Reviews, a division of Publishers Weekly
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Mike Maimone
Published: 02/10/2026
Publisher: Fox & Quill
ISBN: 9798993532622
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 0.64″ H x 9.00″ L x 6.00″ W
About the Author
Maimone, Mike: – Mike Maimone is a singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and author. After earning a business degree from the University of Notre Dame, he briefly worked as an accountant before leaving the corporate world to pursue music full-time. He has written and published more than two hundred songs, many heard on TV, in movies, and on the radio. In addition to being a prolific recording artist, Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates per year since 2005. He has played festivals such as Lollapalooza, headlined legendary venues like the Metro and the Troubador, performed with Stevie Wonder, and toured in support of OK Go, Plain White T’s, Blues Traveler, and more. His fifteenth album serves as a companion piece to this, his first book. Guess What? I Love You the LP is available on CD, vinyl, and on all digital platforms.www.mikemaimone.com
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