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  • Pub. Date: September 2007
  • 242pp

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    • Pub. Date: September 2007
    • Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
    • Format: Paperback, 242pp

    Synopsis

    Sara doesn't think her marriage is going to survive-her stepdaughter has moved in, her senile mother needs placement, and her husband's ex-wife wants him back!

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    Second Chanceby Anonymous

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    July 07, 2008: It took me only a few days to read Second Chance as I kept picking it up every time I had a few minutes to spare. It definitely held my attention. The characters are completely believable and the plot flows smoothly. The first third or so of the book is told with frequent flashbacks, which let the reader learn about Sara, the protagonist, with glimpses of her life so far. She narrates her life with strong emotions, laced with an occasional touch of humor to keep things from becoming melodramatic. The book is engrossing and, as another reviewer mentioned, would likely be enjoyed by anyone who is fond of watching Lifetime. 'I mean that in a good way, a LOT of women like Lifetime.' The only flaw, or the main reason I gave it four stars instead of five, was that Sara spent a great deal of the book complaining that the women around her 'primarily the ex-wife and her sister' loved to create drama and feel put upon while never recognizing those same qualities in herself. This might have worked as intentional irony, but the ending left me thinking I was expected to feel a little more sympathy for Sara than I could muster. All in all though, Second Chance is a book I am happy to recommend to others.

    Second Chanceby Anonymous

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    February 23, 2008: Although this is Joy Collins? first novel, that fact is concealed by the maturity of the writing. She has composed a fictional little slice-of-life story in the classic show-don?t-tell style indigenous to thinking, accomplished writers. The plotline of Second Chance could so easily have been just another formulaic, fill-in-the-blanks script for a movie made for the women?s cable channel, but speaking as a person of the male persuasion who only tolerates such tearjerker blather, Second Chance handily dodges that bullet. The editing is tightly wound around the lives of several key characters just trying to hold their psychological cookies together while they deal with common human frailties and each other. If you enjoy well-crafted psychodrama, or if you like your Lifetime movies to display more imagination than most of them do, give this little book a first chance. You won?t be disappointed.


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