Black Girls Must Have It All

A Novel

By: Jayne Allen

Narrated by: Marcella Cox

Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relationships, and a newborn baby—but will she find the happy ending she’s always wanted?

After a whirlwind year, Tabitha Walker’s carefully organized plan to achieve the life she wanted—perfect job, dream husband, and stylish home—has gone off the rails. Her checklist now consists of diapers changed (infinite), showers taken (zero), tears cried (buckets), and hours of sleep (what’s that?).

Don't get her wrong, Tabby loves her new bundle of joy and motherhood is perhaps the only thing that's consistent for her these days. When the news station announces that they will be hiring outside competitors for the new anchor position, Tabby throws herself into her work. But it’s not just maintaining her position as the station’s weekend anchor that has her worried. All of her relationships seem to be shifting out of their regular orbits. Best friend Alexis can’t manage to strike the right balance in her “refurbished” marriage with Rob, and Laila’s gone from being a consistent ride-or-die to a newly minted entrepreneur trying to raise capital for her growing business. And when Marc presents her with an ultimatum about their relationship, coupled with an extended “visit” from his mother, Tabby is forced to take stock of her life and make a new plan for the future.

Consumed by work, motherhood, and love, Tabby finds herself isolated from her friends and family just when she needs them most. But help is always there when you ask for it, and Tabby’s village will once again rally around her as she comes to terms with her new life and faces her biggest challenge yet—choosing herself.

©2023 Jayne Allen (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

Perfect ending

Loved the series and what a perfect ending..Life doesn’t always go the way we have it mapped out but it always takes us through the twist and turns that we need..

Great overall series. Empowering, real and funny.

Easy listen and enjoyable. A feel good story and one that a lot of women can relate to on multiple levels

Great book

Want to hear whats next for Tabby. The writer left us hanging to a certain degree

Outstanding books all three

Loved the narrator, hoping number 4 is coming. Tabitha, Mark, and Evie have become a part of my life

Amazing book

This was a very good 3 part book! It’s takes you through all the highs and lows of being a black women, a new mom and just trying to find urself.
I love it!!!! Must read

Loved it!

This was indeed a great one! The storyline is great and I was able get into the rhythm of it all with the narrator’s vibe. Loved it!

Never want it to end

We can all relate… I just never want it to end. Some parts I feel like she’s reading my journal.

I’m hooked

The character development is unmatched in these books. It’s like one there, in lockstep with Tabby’s thoughts. The pauses, the challenges, the chaos, the regrets, and the triumphs. Tabby and the crew came through again in this book. Please do another book. I’m hooked.

Skipped to the end - liked the first 2 better

I loved the first two books in the series, but honestly the main character got on my nerves in this last book. And the mental masturbation was too much-back-and-forth back-and-forth about every decision in her life. Overall a great book end, and the narrator was excellent.

Black Girls Can do it all and can have it all!

I enjoyed the final story to Tab’s life. It’s bittersweet that is the end of this character’s journey but I’m so glad for the journey the author took us on as we watched Tab make decisions and experience the challenges of life. Thank you Jayne Allen for sharing a message that Black can have it all. If you’re wondering if you should read this book, I recommend that you do. Read all three of the books in this series. The characters are well rounded and the storyline is realistic abs relatable. I’m looking forward to any tv adaptation that’s to come for this series.