When they were eighteen, Emerson, Marley, and Georgia met
at fat camp. They instantly became best friends, supporting
each other through thick and thin. Sixteen years later,
Emerson dies, but not before making her best friends promise
to finish the list they made that last summer together.
The list is full of things they thought they would do, if
they were brave enough: get a piggyback ride, eat dessert in
public, hold hands in public, tell someone off who called
you fat.
Now Marley and Georgia work on completing the list in her
honor, even though it scares both of them. They're trying
to find peace with their bodies. Even now after all this
time, they still struggle. They eat healthy and exercise,
but they never reach their ideal weight. As teens they
thought once they lost the weight, real life would begin,
hence the list.
But now, after Georgia's failed marriage and Marley's
family grief, they've decided to conquer their fears. As
they start checking items off their list, they gain
confidence.
Another winner of a book from Kristan Higgins. I've come to
expect so much from her books and she never disappoints.
The friendship between Marley and Georgia will make readers
want to reach out to their best friends. There are so many
layers to this book: family drama, the meaning of
friendship, spreading kindness, having a job you love,
confidence, a cute dog, body imagery, and, of course,
romance. It's incredible that all these layers fit together
and speak volumes about life, but they do. GOOD LUCK WITH
THAT is about every day issues that seem nonchalant at
first, but it packs quite the punch.
New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins
is beloved for her heartfelt novels filled with humor and
wisdom. Now, in her newest novel, GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, she
tackles an issue every woman deals with: body image and
self-acceptance.
Emerson, Georgia, and Marley
have been best friends ever since they met at a weight-loss
camp as teens. When Emerson tragically passes away, she
leaves one final wish for her best friends: to conquer the
fears they still carry as adults.
For each of
them, that means something different. For Marley, it's
coming to terms with the survivor's guilt she's carried
around since her twin sister's death, which has left her
blind to the real chance for romance in her life. For
Georgia, it's about learning to stop trying to live up to
her mother's and brother's ridiculous standards, and
learning to accept the love her ex-husband has tried to give
her.
But as Marley and Georgia grow stronger, the
real meaning of Emerson's dying wish becomes truly clear:
more than anything, she wanted her friends to love
themselves.
A novel of compassion and insight, GOOD
LUCK WITH THAT tells the story of two women who learn to
embrace themselves just the way they are.
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