And Then There Was Me: A Novel of Friendship, Secrets and Lies

An insight into a woman's feelings, her bare emotions and he life as a wife, a mother and a daughter. Her fight against her secret addiction and how she wrestles with it on a daily basis. Her dramatic drops in self esteem and how her friends, her children and her mother try to save her from herself. Bea and Awilda have been friends since they were children, she introduced Bea to Lonnie and Lonnie and Bea married. She now lives in a good neighborhood with good schools , but she feels a bit out of place being dark skinned among all the light skinned people in her neighborhood. When she is betrayed by both her husband as she is pregnant with her third child it is almost too much for her and she has to dig deep to keep her sanity and to recover her life and independence. This is a story of love and friendship and of a marriage in trouble. An awakening in a young woman that she can be more than a stay at home mom and can be her own self. It is about forgiveness, even though what is to be forgiven is the unforgivable act. I enjoyed Bea's journey to finding herself and her friendship with Awilda and with her mother. The narrator did a wonderful job with the characters and they came to life in the audio book. This is the second book I have read by this author and it won't be the last. Thanks to Sadeqa Johnson for writing a great story, to Robin Miles for a wonderful narration , to MacMillan Audio for publishing it and to NetGalley for making it available to me. This is a review of the audiobook.