AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR
I love the whole concept of The Life List and realizing the perfect life that was laid out before Chrissy turned out to be not the life she was meant to live... So my questions for Chrissy were: How did she come up with the idea for this book? Was it based on personal experience or observations of others' lives? Is there a message she'd like for readers to come away with? Here's her answer:
First off, thank you for hosting me on your blog! I’m very happy to be here and to share a little bit about The Life List.
The story resonates strongly with readers who laugh, cry and actually yell when they read the book and don’t agree with my choices. Chrissy’s a rather maddening, and eventually, endearing character. The story begins with an impeccably dressed Chrissy at her best friend’s funeral, reading the Eulogy while internally reflecting on how her life is so different than anything she ever planned. We then flash back to how she got to that moment and learn that her life list led her down an unsatisfying path— hoping the entire story she gets the courage to find a new one.
Women of all kinds will be able to relate to the pressure of constructing the ideal life, only to fall short. Not everyone will agree with my decisions, but all will pause as they follow along on my journey to ask, “What would I do if I were her?”
The Life List, book ONE of The List Trilogy, will take you on a rollercoaster of emotional highs and lows as Chrissy makes mistakes on her bumpy road to happiness. Come along for the ride and you’ll be left breathless and ready to find out what she does next in book TWO, The Unexpected List.
…The outcome is a dream husband, a career to envy, and the kind of best friends every girl wants. Then out of nowhere…an affair. What would you do if you realized the life you created wasn’t right for you? You think you know the answer? Think again. Follow Chrissy as she lies and cheats and ultimately learns to tell the truth to herself and those that she loves.
At twenty-eight, Chrissy has been steadily checking off the boxes on her life list as she mocks the style and life choices of everyone around her. She’s got it all—or so everyone thinks. Her life begins to fall apart when she unexpectedly meets a much younger man, Leo, who makes her question just how perfect her “perfect life” really is. With the help of her no-nonsense therapist, Dr. Maria, Chrissy learns more about herself than she anticipates. But it isn’t until she stares an untimely death in the face that Chrissy is catapulted into an overdue reality check. Only then does she scramble to correct the mistakes of her past…trying to figure out if it’s her husband Kurt, her lover Leo, or both that she has to leave behind to make everything right.
Women of all kinds will be able to relate to the pressure of constructing the ideal life, only to fall short. Not everyone will agree with Chrissy Anderson’s decisions, but all will pause as they follow along on her journey to ask, “What would I do if I were her?”
AN EXCERPT
I just made it official. I’m a twenty-eight year old married woman with a twenty-two year old boyfriend who lives twenty minutes from a husband who he doesn’t know exists. That God I started believing in a few minutes ago is sending me straight to Hell.
SPECIAL LINKS
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