Good Luck with That - Book Review

When Georgia and Marley's best friend Emerson dies due to complications from obesity, they are heartbroken. They are also challenged to take a hard look at their own lives and their own weights. Emerson writes the women a note before she dies and leaves them a list they had written when they were teenagers, a bucket list that she wants Georgia and Marley to complete while they still have the time.

But can the two women overcome their personal obstacles to complete the list? Georgia's mother and brother are less than supportive, driving Georgia to issues with food. And her issues with food caused her marriage to the nicest man on the face of the Earth to fall apart.

Meanwhile, Marley is a successful businesswoman, but she longs to be in a relationship with someone. There's been a void in her life ever since her twin sister died when they were just little girls.

Kristan Higgins has created very believable and relatable characters in Georgia, Marley, and Emerson. You'll find herself cheering them on and crying with them with every page turn. Some of the book is told through the point of view of Emerson through her diary pages, and those are some of the most heartbreaking. Even if you've never been overweight, I would hope that you would have empathy for the character and what she goes through.

There's also a reader's guide in the back of the book so that you can read this with a book club. I think this would be a great book club choice.

Good Luck with That is published by Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and is on bookstore shelves now. I received a free ARC at BookExpo.