Review: More to Life – Reshonda Tate Billingsley

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Freshly forty-five, Aja James knows that her life is good, complete with a loving, wealthy husband, well-adjusted children, and a beautiful home. Yet the truth is, she feels painfully unfulfilled, stuck in the present, haunted by a painful past. When a friend suggests a girls’ trip to a tropical paradise, Aja hopes a change of scene will also change her perspective.

On vacation, filled with fun and freedom, Aja is relieved to find her spirits lifting. But her good time also shines a light on what’s troubling her: from her siblings to her husband and kids, she’s spent nearly her whole life taking care of everyone—except herself. She’s lost her spark. She’s lost her identity.

Desperate to turn things around, Aja makes an impulsive decision—one that outrages her family and stuns her friends. But it may also be her wisest choice. Because it’s only through learning what she could lose—and what’s truly worth keeping—that Aja can transform this temporary fix into real, lasting happiness.

I had to be alone with my thoughts for a few hours before I started writing this book review. Author Reshonda Tate Billingsley is a powerhouse in the literary world, so I prepared to be immersed in this story. What I didn’t prepare for was how much this book would resonate with me on a personal level. It was less than four months ago that I was having a conversation with my husband, and I ended the conversation in tears with the words – “There has to be more to life than this…” So when I saw the title of Reshonda Tate Billingsley’s book – the whole conversation replayed in my mind.

More to Life is a work a fiction, but there are so many lessons that we can apply to our lives. As a mother, wife, sister, friend, full-time employee – it so easy to lose yourself when you are being everything to everyone else. Sometimes that leaves little time for you to concentrate on the things that make you happy. I grew up around women that believed everything revolved around their husbands, and when their husband left them or passed away – they were left bewildered.

I knew while writing this review that I wasn’t going to write a quick overview of the story, because this book’s message is too powerful for me to provide you with a standard review. Thank goodness for the synopsis on the back of the book.

The one thing I want readers to take away from this book is to find your Happy. Thank you, Reshonda, for reminding me that no matter how busy life gets to keep pushing for my dreams.

Reviewed by: Orsayor

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