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The Good Life Kindle Edition

by Jodie Beau (Author), Madison Seidler (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 510 ratings
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I was sitting on the toilet when he told me he wanted a divorce. Just like that, my charmed life was over.

Or maybe it was just beginning...

With a little help from her friends, a single girl's checklist, and a charismatic guy from her past, Roxie is only a few checkmarks away from reclaiming her life. She'll forget about being the good wife, and start living the good LIFE - even if it means getting thrown out of a bar or skinny-dipping in her neighbor's pool at 3am.

The Good Life is a light, romantic comedy about second-chances. The prequel, All Good Things, is the story of her first chance - look for it on Amazon now.
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    April 5, 2013
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"5 HUGE, WONDERFUL, AMAZING, I-need-to-think-of-more-awesome-words, stars!!" - Beth Ehemann, author of Room For You.

"I highly recommend this book. I laughed, cried, sighed, gasped, smiled REALLY BIG and truly loved it." - Melissa Brown, Amazon Top 100 Best-Selling Author.

"I loved this book - it made me laugh out loud, and it's definitely one of those feel good books you can pick up and read when you need a light-hearted book without any angst." - Joanne from Have Book Will Read.

"I can't tell you how many times I laughed while reading this one." - Lindsay from Madison Says

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The prequel to The Good Life, titled All Good Things, is now available! You do not need to have read The Good Life to enjoy All Good Things. They can be read in either order, or as stand-alones.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00C7F2DUG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace (April 5, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 5, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 647 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 265 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1482552981
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 510 ratings

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Jodie Beau

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A waitress by day and writer by night, I'm also a Chapstick-addict, bad driver, make-up junkie, and Justin Timberlake fan for life. I'm a sucker for the boy-next-door type and still believe in happy endings. Writing (about the boy-next-door and happy endings) is what I do when I'm avoiding other things ... like cleaning.

I'm still waiting for my own happy ending. In the meantime, I'm killin it as a single mom and living in the Detroit area with my 7yo son. I love to hear from readers and you can reach me on FB /sweetbutsnarky, Instagram as jodie_beau, or Snapchat as jodie-beau.

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John
5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh out loud novel thats touching and romantic
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2013
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I just finished The Good Life by Jodie Beau. I didn't think I was going to like it because it was being described as a chick book. But it was laugh out loud funny. Its the story of a woman who leaves New York (city of her dreams) and moves back home to the midwest after an unexpected divorce to start her life over. Her best friend from New York gives her a Good Life List to perform over the summer to help her find herself and return to the person she use to be. Its part comedy, part romance, part love letter to New York. I honestly don't remember ever laughing out loud before while reading a book. Its an easy fast read. I read it in one day. There are several books on Amazon titled The Good Life. The cover of this book shows a young woman throwing her hands up in exuberance as she rides in an open red convertible down the road. The cover perfectly portrays the exuberance you'll feel as you journey with Roxie as she rediscovers who she is and who she wants to become and who she finds to help her enjoy the good life!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A story of letting your hair down
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2015
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“I was more of a life planner. I didn’t sit by and idly watch life happen to me. I grab the wheel and let me happen to life.” (9)

Roxie is quirky, neurotic, and has a strange obsession with the “high” life. The ode to shoes was bleak and annoying. She is strict about how she wants her life played out, but one thing she didn’t plan was a divorce. What she doesn’t realize is that this was her chance to do the things she’s been sitting around planning. The “good life” is the single life.

The list was bold, daring, and fun!

“I’m not gonna like you any less if you tell me what’s on your mind. If you ever have something to say, say it. If there’s something you want to know, ask me. If you’re mad about something, tell me. It doesn’t have to be complicated.” (118) Love Jake! He was a straight-up, honest, and caring guy, and what an amazing summer they have!

Funny and witty, The Good Life is a story about letting your hair down and having fun. A sweet, light-hearted romance.
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Zelda
5.0 out of 5 stars My TGL list: Read a funny book. CHECK!
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2014
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Rarely do I come across a book that contains all of my favorite things: Women's Fiction filled with humor, wit, intelligence and authenticity. On the surface, The Good Life appears to be a light-hearted read on a rainy day--and that's exactly how I went into reading this book. BUT, I was surprised by the depth of the underlining story and phenomenal character development.
Roxie is my kind of girl...I, too, relate EVERYTHING to television or movies (even books, ie, TGL is kinda like Dream On from HBO in the 80s) Readers need these characters to remind us that being happy is OKAY. That it's okay to mess up and want to be better. It's okay to experience normal things extraordinarily. She makes no apologies for who she is or what she wants and I dig that. Dreamers all have lists, realists try to take them away from us.
Lest us not forget the dreamboat Jake. Great dialogue and sexy, sexy, cool. Me likey.

Within the first chapter, I read one of the funniest images EVER. I can't even look at Winnie the Pooh without thinking of that jockhead boyfriend of mine from the 10th grade...
Next on my list:
Read All Good Things
Bake and frost a fancy cake like the ones in Southern Living
Try purple or pink highlights
Get in a passionate fight in the rain

Looking forward to All Good Things and some special time with Jake!
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savvyshoppers
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2023
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Roxie may be confused/conflicted/in denial, but she’s fun and smart and she figured it out. Jake is a dream. Lots of funny moments and some non-explicit sex and just a really good book. Well-written and edited, too. I never wanted to put it down and I’m sorry it ended - I miss it already. So - highly recommended, and I’ll read more by this author.
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Chanouel
3.0 out of 5 stars If you have a few hours to kill....
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2013
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Good little read if you have a few hours to kill and you don't want to think too much. Roxie, the main character, can be a little annoying but I made it through 'til the end anyway.
Too many movie references for my taste though. Don't get me wrong, I love movies and it is explained in the first chapter that Roxie sees her life as a reel, but by the middle of the book, WE GOT IT!
This is definitely an-afternoon-on-the-deck-or-the-beach-with-a-daiquiri-and-a-few-hours-to-lose kinda book.
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Steph
4.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes you have to wait
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2016
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Roxie was from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She grew up with her brother Adam and their best friend Jake. Life goes on, high school, college, boyfriends ,girlfriends and the best summer with Jake, friends with benefits. Roxie loved the city and New York is where she wanted to be. She meets Calab, gets married and off to The City they go. Caleb works on becoming successful and Roxie his trophy wife. Rosie convinces herself she is happy with her life, marriage and trys endlessly to have a baby. To no avail, no baby. Caleb springs news of a divorce and Roxie doesn't know where to turn so she goes home but not before her friend Hope gives her a Good Life checklist that she has to accomplish.

Once back in Ann Arbor, she has to find herself. How to make a living? She is afraid of failure and what people from her past will think of her. She spends a lot of time getting reacquainted with Jake.

I truly enjoyed this story because it reads as a true story. There are giggle moments and a twist that I didn't see coming, which made it even better. I believe that things happen for a reason and sometimes you have to put things in God's hands and wonderful things will happen and it really does.
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i-tüpfelchen
2.0 out of 5 stars The synopsis was better than the book
Reviewed in Germany on March 4, 2016
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+ the Good Life List is a good idea
+ some expressions are outrageously funny

- The husband and in particular the lover remain flat; they are hard to grasp as true people
- The story is too predictable
- the attraction between the hero and the heroine is not believable
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Fleur
4.0 out of 5 stars The good book!
Reviewed in France on April 27, 2014
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I really enjoyed this book, it's smart and witty and fun to read.
I laughed out loud many times, and finished the book with a smile on my face.
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Jo Reads
5.0 out of 5 stars ineffable!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2013
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All Roxie dreamed about was living in New York, after seeing Breakfast at Tiffany when she was younger. When she marries her fiance (who's name happens to be Golightly) and they move to New York it seems her dreams have come true, but unfortunately 8 years later she's brought back to reality when her husband announces that he wants a divorce. Faced with an uncertain future and after a good talking to by her 2 best friends she goes back home to Michigan to live with her older brother in their childhood home. There she comes face to face with Jake, who is her brother's best friend, and who she had a summer fling with many years ago. He's now sharing the house with her brother so they start seeing a lot of each other it's clear that they still have a connection.
When she left New York her best friend gave her a list of things she must do - The Good Life list - to try and get her back to being the carefree person she was before she was a 'trophy wife'. Things such as sunbathing naked and skinny dipping in someone else's pool!
I loved this book - it made me laugh out loud, and it's definitely one of those feel good books you can pick up and read when you need a light hearted book without any angst.
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Kelly
4.0 out of 5 stars More please!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2013
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You HAVE to read this book! It's HILARIOUS!

Roxie's getting divorced. Her husband announces it one morning as she's peeing in front of him while he shaves. She's surprised, to say the least! Without any chance of a reconciliation she heads back home to Michigan at a loss of what to do now. Her carefully planned life has not gone as it was supposed to. Little does she know she's about to learn a whole lot about herself ...

I don't know where to start with this review and I warn you now - it could get gushy! I flipping loved this book and I was sad when it ended. I. WANTED. MORE. The Good Life came at a perfect time for me. It made me giggle and helped me to forget about something that I was stressing about. It was exactly what I needed.

Jodie Beau is definitely an author to look out for. I can't wait to read more from her. The way Jodie got inside Roxie's head was brilliant and the humour was just right - it was silly and it made me laugh out loud (WARNING - DO NOT read this when you're travelling on a train in the "quiet carriage" because you'll get funny looks, OK?!

Roxie's friend, Hope, writes her a list entitled the Good Life List. There are 27 things on the list, and Roxie has to have crossed each one off by the end of the summer. Well, OK, maybe not number 27! This is Hope's way of getting Roxie to relax, have fun, and to stop her endless planning and organising of every detail. The events that follow as Roxie is on her mission to complete the list will have you laughing like a crazy person.

I loved Roxie and her determination. At the start she was very concerned with what people thought of her and what material possessions she had. This made her seem very shallow. As the story progressed, though, we could see her growing and changing and I liked that about her. Even though she'd led a charmed life in New York she soon realised that the things she had there weren't the be-all and end-all of life.

I loved Jake and his charm, his caring ways, oh, and his hotness too! He was just the perfect guy to help Roxie work things out and get her life back on track. He was patient, straight to the point and honest. And who wouldn't swoon for a guy who is described as looking a little like Adam Levine?! Exactly. No one!

Without spoiling what happens all I will say is that this story is PERFECT. I loved the beginning, I loved the middle, and I LOVED the end! Go get The Good Life and see for yourself just how good it is while I sit back and read my paperback copy that I just HAD to get. Books like The Good Life deserve a place on my bookshelf.

Well done, Jodie Beau. MORE PLEASE!
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sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow !!!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2014
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What can I say? I'm so glad I got to read this book ,I was hooked straight away.
This book has everything in it that I love , it's freaking hilarious, when reading I would lol and get me a few weird looks but I didn't even care as I couldn't put it down . This book was full of everything u want in a book sex ,love,sadness,fun,crazy ass stuff you wish u had the balls to do it self . All round winning book ,
Well done ,u made my day xxxx
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