"How to Change a Life...." by Stacey Ballis is a novel that centers on Eloise and her decision to change her life based on a bet with her two best friends from high school that have reunited after a favorite teacher dies. Eloise, Lynne, and Theresa make a bet, a "By 40 bucket list" where each woman has a list of things to better her life that must be completed by the age of 40 ( in 8 months) or pay $5000 to a scholarship fund. Eloise, an unsocial, personal chef, must broaden her social world, further her career and renew her former athletic life. This includes her love life- or lack of it.
This book gets more interesting as it goes. I had a hard time caring in the beginning. As time went on it become more emotional and less about cooking. Though the cooking was interesting, it did dominate the book and was very detailed. It became more balanced the further the book moved along. I received this book from www.firsttoread.com in exchange for an honest review.
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