Ariel Baxter has just moved into the neighborhood of her dreams. The chaos of domestic life and the loneliness of motherhood, however, moved with her. Then she meets her neighbor, Justine Miller. Justine ushers Ariel into a world of clutter-free houses, fresh-baked bread, homemade crafts, neighborhood playdates, and organization techniques designed to make marriage better and parenting manageable. manageable.
Soon Ariel realizes there is hope for peace, friendship, and clean kitchen counters. But when rumors start to circulate about Justine’s real home life, Ariel must choose whether to believe the best about the friend she admires or consider the possibility that “perfection” isn’t always what it seems to be.
A novel for every woman who has looked at another woman’s life and said, “I want what she has,” She Makes It Look Easy reminds us of the danger of pedestals and the beauty of authentic friendship.
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I do not like religious theme books of any kind, so I was annoyed to discover about half-way through that this was a Christian novel (there were hardly any reviews here when I initially downloaded this). However, for being a Christian novel, it was very light on the whole ‘God’ thing (great for me, but not so for people who are reading this for …
A beautiful story about putting God first and how He can guide your life versus you planning for the future. This story blends neighborhood bias, a leader taking charge to lead others falsely and three women who are strong in His love not bending to a false friend who betrays her family, other families in the community and God. Perfect for a …
She Makes It Look Easy is the epitome of the point that “the grass is NOT always greener.” Ariel, a young and insecure wife/mother, believes that her neighbor Justine is everything that she admires and is not. Both women claim to be Christians and yet both private lives are very different. Once Ariel and her husband can afford to live in their new …
This is a great book, with a story that could happen anywhere. It really speaks to how we look at other’s lives and compare ourselves to them.
I really wanted to love this book. I liked the idea and the set up but in reality, I ended up disliking the characters. Maybe because it so well written, the poor decisions that both main female characters make was very disappointing. Maybe people just make shitty choices but I really didn’t want them to make the choices they did. Props to the …
Couldn’t put it down.
I found this book brought out realistic insights into the true life of modern women in a competitive world. The author sheds the illusions many people, especially, in the “yuppie” society, project to give a false front in order to impress others as supposedly successful. The pressures put upon couples to live the modern dream leads to …