And Then There Was Me

A Novel of Friendship, Secrets and Lies

By: Sadeqa Johnson

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Sadeqa Johnson's And Then There Was Me is the story of love and friendship, heartache and betrayal. It’s the journey of a woman stripped down to her lowest point and needing to find the will to press on.

Bea and Awilda have been best friends from the moment Awilda threw her 14-year-old self across Bea’s twin-sized bed as if they had known each other forever. Bubbly, adventurous Awilda taught sheltered, shy Bea how to dress, wear her hair, and what to do with boys. She even introduced Bea to her husband, Lonnie, in college, who pledged to take good care of her for the rest of their lives. But philanderer Lonnie breaks that promise over and over again, leaving Bea to wrestle with her self-esteem and longtime secret addiction.

Recently Lonnie has plopped the family in a New Jersey upper class suburb, which lacks the diversity that Bea craves but has the school district and zip code envy that Lonnie wants. The demands of carrying a third child and fitting into this new environment while pretending that her husband is not cheating on her again is more than she can handle. And just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, the ultimate deception snaps the little thread that was holding her life together and all comes tumbling down.

A Macmillan Audio production from Thomas Dunne Books

©2017 Sadeqa Johnson (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

"And Then There Was Me is a well-written, thought-provoking novel that many women will relate to." (Kimberla Lawson Roby, New York Times best-selling author of Copycat)

"Bea seems to have it all: the husband, the two kids, and the new house in a chichi suburb. Only problem is, Bea feels like an outcast, being biracial in her new neighborhood, and her husband is cheating on her. Again. She has her childhood best friend, Awilda, for support, but when the unthinkable happens, she finds herself with nowhere to turn. And Then There Was Me is a thought-provoking novel about marriage, parenthood, and friendship." (PopSugar, 26 Brilliant Books You Should Read This Spring)

Great Book!

This book really shows how generational curses can follow from generation to generation. Until that one person decides enough is enough and sets about a new path or journey. Great Narration! Excellent Book!

It was just ok

I didn’t really enjoy this book. In fact I tried to return it. Just not my thing.

Excellent reading

Great story of friendship, love and knowing your self worth. Some times you have to survey your life and wonder if all of the crap is worth the lifestyle.

Don't Read the Reviews if You Don't Want Spoilers!

As a white woman, it was interesting for me to read what is classified as African American chick lit--even though the main character was of mixed race, and her husband was Latino. Reading a few of the reviews here, I quickly picked up what took the heroine, Bea, three-quarters of the novel to figure out. Even the editor's summary is pretty much a give away. Kind of spoiled it for me.

The Friendship between Bee and Wilda

This was a great book from start to finish. It was a testiment of friendship and forgiveness. It was a easy read.

Not Her Best

Definitely my least favorite book by Johnson. The protagonist is too pathetic to garner sympathy from the reader. And, ultimately, the plot is pretty predictable. I could tell what was going on well before it was hinted at in the book.

3ish stars

I love this author and narrator, and was on the wait list for this book, so was really looking forward to it. It was enjoyable BUT...several hours in I was like WTH is this about?! Entire chapters spent talking about mundane dinner conversations, thoughts to herself about her husband, how Bea & Awilda met. I just wanted to scream is this all there is?? FINALLY, the obvious happens and it was all so predictable!! However, I must say, the ending was satisfying. Would I recommend? Ehhhhh, not really. I love Robin Miles's voice tho and she was the only reason I kept listening.

Nice read

I love this read, good story line, and very believable, The voice of the readers helped me stay interested

Entertaining

I enjoyed the story, however I would have liked there to have been greater character development for some of the other characters in the story. The ending of the story fell short.

She Needed to Choose Herself

Such a heartfelt story. I felt such sympathy for Bee. She seemed to be surrounded by so many broken people. I was waiting for her to choose herself three entire book.