Meet Eloise, a very talented
chef, whose delicious descriptions of food and meal menus will either make you
raid your refrigerator, dine out in high-end restaurants, or make you want to
sign up for culinary school. She has a
wonderful job as a private chef for a rich family and every need she could
possibly have is provided by her boss. Romance
is out the window as memories serve as a barrier to finding someone who can be
trusted and who values her as a person.
So if one is content, why is
that little internal nudging voice telling her there’s more to life? The question roars to the fore when she gets
together with two life-long friends, Lynne and Teresa. They are all in the same boat, feeling
content but incomplete. So what do they
do? They set up a challenge for each one
of them to complete over an eight-month period.
To make sure there are no shenanigans, they not only set up their own
list but add items from each other. That
is the premise of this ambitious, feisty crowd of women that is the essence of
this novel.
What will fascinate readers
about this plot is what each one learns from the process of seeking higher
goals. That is the essence of change, accepting one’s strengths, weakness, and
foibles that could fall into either category.
There’s also a sense of intuition that needs to be recognized and honed to
know what situations are life-giving and what scenarios are the road to disaster
or at the least disappointment.
Eloise is definitely a
different woman at the end of this journey, as are the other young women, and more
of a fulfilled gal! That doesn’t mean
the trip is over; in fact, appreciating the process or proceeding to obtain
goals adds a vivacious quality to Eloise’s life that is so attractive, in
addition to a fine romance that engages the reader as well.
How To Change A Life is an
enchanting contemporary story that will keep readers flipping the pages to the
very last page, wishing the account would never end! Very nice job, Stacey Ballis!
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