How to Change a Life

Name: How to Change a Life
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Stacey Ballis
ISBN: 9781538431702

Author: Stacey Ballis

Narrator: Laura Jennings

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 08/15/2017

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Women, Humorous

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

A dare between friends turning forty leads to startling revelations and simmering tensions in the latest scrumptious “foodie fiction” novel from the author of Wedding Girl.Eloise is content with her solitary life as a successful private chef. She has her clients, her corgi, and a recipe for the world’s most perfect chocolate cream pie. What more could she need? But when her favorite teacher dies and her long-lost trio of high school friends reunites at the wake, Eloise is confronted by how lonely she really is.In honor of Mrs. O’Connor, Eloise, Lynne, and Teresa revamp their senior class assignment and dare each other to create a bucket list of things to accomplish by the time they each turn forty in May. Together they choose new goals for each other. Control freak Lynne has to get a dog, Teresa has to spice up her marriage with pole dancing classes, and Eloise has to enter the dreaded world of dating. Enter Shawn, a hunky ex-athlete and the first man that Eloise could see herself falling for. Suddenly forty doesn’t seem so lonely. Will the bucket-listers make it to forty as friends? Or do some friendships come with an expiration date?

About Stacey Ballis

Stacey Ballis is the author of nine previous foodie women’s fiction novels—including Out to Lunch, Good Enough to Eat, and Recipe for Disaster—and is a contributing author to three nonfiction anthologies: Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, and Living Jewishly. She was an educator for over fifteen years in Chicago before pursuing a full-time career in writing and consulting.

About Laura Jennings

Laura Jennings graduated with an MFA in creative writing and has an intrinsic appreciation of the mechanisms and techniques which comprise the art of the tale. A skilled narrator, she is adept at analyzing the underlying moods and currents of a book and bringing these into her interpretation of the author’s work.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James

Why This Book I won this book via a Goodreads Giveaway a few months ago. In my quest to finish reading all ARCs or Giveaways by 12/31, so 2018 starts off with less stress and a reduced TBR, I read this book over the Christmas holidays. I am quite glad I did, as it was a feel-good type of......more

Goodreads review by Danielle ❤️ Pretty Mess Reading ❤️

***3 STARS*** I wish I could say something positive or negative about the book but I really have nothing, which is so unlike me. For starters, I don’t know if this was a romance book, cookbook, or a story about friends. I felt confused from the beginning until the end wondering what type of book I wa......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer

How to Change a Life is a standalone women's fiction/foodie fiction novel written by Stacey Ballis. Overall, I found the storyline likable as a group of reunited friends become each others' motivation to step outside their comfort zones and remember who they wanted to be so to speak. There are sweet......more

Goodreads review by Chris

What a sweet read! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Change a Life is a great look at a typical woman of today. Hard-working but gun shy of guys because of a bad experience. Stuck in a rut but content. A few great friends, including two high school friends that we get to connect with after many years apart, and s......more

Goodreads review by Jamie Rosenblit

Reading a Stacey Ballis book is always like coming home: warm, comfortable, reliable. How to Change a Life was exactly what I was hoping for when I picked up Ballis' latest book. Friendship, love & the one factor that especially draws me to her books: FOOD! I love how Ballis intertwines food and coo......more

Quotes

“Another touching, meaningful, and hunger-producing novel from Ballis! The author has a way of making the food and the Chicago location integral parts of the story, placing the reader right in the midst of the realistic tale.” RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)