The six New York-set stories all take place around the year 2000, and they consider the impacts of chance

And for second-chance stories, take a look at these options .

With dual story lines, multiple generations, assumed identities, otherworldly beings, wonderful chance (and life-changing) encounters, and a rich English countryside setting.

a world where everyone can eat, and access healthcare, and be treated humanely, tuberculosis has no chance

The North Waters is a dark, disturbing exploration of failed second chances, revenge, and destructive , as well as other great books: When You Reach Me, Liar & Spy, and The List of Things That Will Not Change

Wood gorgeously evokes the many characters and unfathomable events that changed her family's existence

significantly complicated by the fact that the potential victim is unknown-- and by the fact that those in charge

The book's synopsis paints a picture of a potentially charged story, but Damoff tells us this story rather

energy budget and policy papers under President Ford and President Carter, then a flight of fancy that changed

Toward the end we see messy second chances take shape, a little retribution, and an attempt at a changed

from a real-life tragedy to a deep, disturbing, fascinating exploration of morality, responsibility, chance

horrific system of oppression, control, torture, and death—even with a promise in place of potential change

In a way, this feels like a complementary read to Rebecca Stead's The List of Things That Will Not Change

Bounce House; and I'm listening to Jane Costello's sweet novel about a fortysomething widow's second chance

There's a lot of thinking and considering and talking with short bursts of change or brief moments in

Nico's troublemaking and incessant challenges to the status quo serving as a catalyst for fast-paced changes

Each of the protagonists is far from perfect; selfishness, chance, missteps, and other circumstances

April flees, heading out on the road with few expectations, aside from changing the trajectory of her

So April heads out on the road with few expectations aside from changing the course of her life.

The trauma of a second chance at life, a second act, is at once miraculous and unendurable.

But I kept asking myself, what is any of it for if characters cannot change any aspect of their life

December  and The Two Lives of Lydia Byrd , a book that appeared on the Greedy Reading List Six Second-Chance

Sarah's stammer feels like a symbol of her longtime ineptitude and inability to achieve any change in

She's set to detest this interloper--but then he sends her a letter that changes everything.

Play with Time I love a story that plays with time through alternate timelines, time travel, second chances

speaking harsh truths before she stops to think seem destined to lead her to misstep and thwart her own chances She has the incredible chance to make the same decisions or to consider her choices and do things differently The following morning, she gets yet another chance at reliving her first day.

He is, after all, an imperfect person whose fear of failure caused him to abandon each chance at a wonderfully

That’s what I set out to change at the Ziggy Johnson School of the Theatre.

an old Victorian beauty where she grew up, with her architect husband, who has masterminded plans to change

I love digging into the story of someone's life--notable because of chance, circumstance, or choice-- I found Sally Field's discussion of her "craft" and how she grew and changed as an actor to be the most

But her charge, K. J. Boone, is a powerful, wealthy oil company CEO facing his end with no regrets.

assume the conflicts and political upheaval won't touch them out in the wild, and they figure that the charged

loss and a devastating blow for future plans, lies and betrayals, and, finally, a messy but hopeful chance Could he really be getting a second chance at stardom?

Letters from family and friends get him through multiple winters--until an unexpected visitor changes

She has made her young lover Lucien believe they met by chance, but "Sadie" is actually milking him for

Then SecUnit, along with its charges, finds itself tasked with an additional time-sensitive side rescue

But a dramatic, shocking change occurs in the main protagonist's situation in the second part of the

People change, but for me her dramatic change from practical, protective, sometimes put-upon wife, mother

created the horrific system of oppression, control, torture, and death—even with a promise of potential change fivestarbookreview 05 The Power ​ It follows that there are two ways for the nature and use of human power to change When the people change, the palace cannot hold.

She travels the country tracking lost women, moving into communities with little more than a change of

about his own mysterious heritage--a mystery he felt he had made peace with--he must decide whether it changes

that wouldn't allow her to forget--all of these drove Arden to move and then move again, eventually changing

Abriel says that this story is so fully inspired by her grandmother's story that she didn't even change

These days there's no more witching and no more will for spells and change in the world.

She has made her young lover Lucien believe they met by chance, but "Sadie" is milking him for information

The structure of the book necessitates jumping around in time, feeding the reader a highly charged scene

Different characters reckon with aging and physical changes, ailments, the end of life rushing toward

Grazina is suffering from dementia, and Hai, whose prospects are slim, jumps at the chance to become

And Ryan Murphy is showing some weak points, and every time he does, Strike gets a bigger chance with

Grazina is suffering from dementia, and Hai, whose prospects are slim, jumps at the chance to become