Sweet Bye-Bye

by Denise Michelle Harris

Book Overview

My recipe for happiness was simple: Keep your man by your side, keep your game face on, and if at all possible, keep a Coach bag in your hand. You should look happy and vibrant. People treat you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446500089
• ISBN13: 9780446500081
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Walk Worthy Press
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read!

I really enjoyed reading this book. I always want to enter into a world of other than just sex and usual story plots. This book allows one to get in touch with their spiritual side. I could relate to a lot of what Chantell was going through in this book. It makes you want to stop what you are doing and remember to put God first in all that you do because it is through Him that all blessings come. Really wonderful book....I look forward to reading more books from this author.

A Significant Spiritual Message

In Denise Michelle Harris' debut novel, Sweet Bye-Bye, Chantell Meyer's life is purring along just as she's planned. With a boyfriend fine enough to send waves of envy through other girl's on one arm, and a designer purse on the other, all is well. But, when she finds her father near death one afternoon, Chantell whispers a fervent promise to God that she is compelled to keep and in doing so delves deeply into herself for the first time. Harris does a wonderful job creating a briskly-moving, humor-infused story that will have special appeal to today's upwardly mobile twenty and thirty-something's. But, all can benefit from the significant spiritual lesson Harris successfully tucks into Sweet Bye-Bye. As it is only when Chantell leans on new-found faith, and finally begins to confront past hurts and disappointments that she discovers the happiness eluding her was within all along.

What a fabulous book!!!!!

I read this book in 3 days flat. It brought up so many past hurts and pains that I didn't know were there. I believe that this book is a must for anyone who God is bringing out of "the world" with all of its lusts and cravings. There is so much that a believer goes through. The battle between who you used to be and who you are becoming are real and portrayed awesomely in this book. I can't for her next novel!!!!

Hello Sweet

A moment arrives in every lifetime when a person must say goodbye. Sometimes it's painful; sometimes it's joyful. Sometimes a goodbye can be sweet, but tragically necessary. In her debut novel SWEET BYE-BYE, author Denise Michelle Harris bestows upon the literary community a gift: a beautifully realistic story of a woman who learns when to say bye-bye. Caught up in the glitter and glamour of materialism, Chantell Meyers works hard to show the world that she has it all. However, after almost losing her father, the princess realizes that some things in her life need to go. Determined to be a "good person" and live right, Chantell says hello to church and begins to say goodbye to the things she once cherished. What ensues is a torrent of events that exposes her deepest pains, cleanses her from misconceptions, and transforms her into a true woman of God. Sincere, authentic, heartfelt, sweetly powerful: these are just a few words that describe Harris' depiction of Chantell's journey. SWEET BYE-BYE surreptitiously drew me in and, before I knew it, morning snuck up on me, and I had read the entire novel. Quiet and unimposing, this is Christian fiction at its best. Even though I had a love/hate relationship with Chantell (she could be so aggravating!), I enjoyed the believable drama; nothing was over-the-top. The spiritual aspect was on point, and everything was delivered right on time and was specific and appropriate without being preachy or judgmental. I felt the romance was honest and sweet without being sickly sentimental or predictable. Harris has done an excellent job telling of Chantell's inner and outer struggle to be free from her encumbering, self-imposed viewpoints, and scenes from her life will forever be lodged in my memory. Reviewed by Natasha T. of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

Chick Lit meets Christian Fiction

Denise Michelle Harris does a wonderful job in mixing two genres: Chick Lit and Christian Fiction. This is a funny but spiritual read about how twenty- something Chantell Meyers evolves from a spoiled materialistic woman to a woman with a new purpose in her life. The heart of this story rests in Jer. 29:11 "For I know the thoughts that I think of toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end." What happens to Chantell is kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy; she expected bad things to happen so that's how she lived her life, waiting on them to happen. Chantell was just five years old when her mother died, twelve when her grandmother died and a year later her best friend Keith Rashaad moved away. Chantell remembers being told that bad things happen in threes and by the age of thirteen she had suffered three major loses. To further complicate things, she was taught not to cry, and not to talk about her mother. These are the things that shaped Chantell's life. Because she was so afraid of losing someone else she loved, she had problems in developing relationships. She had one person she could call a true friend, Tia. Her relationship with her boyfriend Eric was empty at best, but due to her fears she suffered through this relationship that was going nowhere. Chantell found herself in church making changes in her life after her father suffered a near fatal heart attack. Chantel began to make some changes in her life. The most unpopular change was when she decided to cut off the sexual encounters with Eric. She began to take a deep look inside her life and found she needed to bring closure to those things troubling her, mainly regarding her mother. Also, during this time, Keith Rashaad returns to her life. He sees potential in Chantel that she can not see in herself. Unfortunately, until she is able to come to terms with her past she is unable to move forward. Denise Michelle Harris writes this book so that women of all ages can relate. I admit I was a little hesitant to pick up yet another book featuring a twenty-something year old woman looking for Mr. Right. What I found in this book was a young woman with deep-rooted problems striving to make significant changes in her life. Though she stumbles and makes mistakes, she preseveres. I think there is a lesson for all ages in this book. Very well done Ms Harris. Jeanette APOOO BookClub, Motown Review Book Club