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There felt like significant summary toward the end of the book, with abrupt point of view changes and

Tell Me Everything digs into secrets and lies, revenge, forgiveness, resignation, heartbreak, second chances

tiny moves forward until a big shift that occurs at the end of the book, and the timing and drastic change

head with a twisty, compelling, futuristic, technology-driven attempt at survival--and at maybe just changing

loss and a devastating blow for future plans, lies and betrayals, and, finally, a messy but hopeful chance

But short stories in the hands of talented authors can serve as glimpses into small moments that change

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

she's forced to consider her life and the person she's become--and determine whether she's capable of change

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

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

a piece of valuable artwork, Val agrees to follow her--and uncovers long-buried secrets that could change

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The chance encounter leads to a surprising turn of fortune in which Katey finds herself immersed in the

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

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.

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

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

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

pawns in the crooked trading away of the school's supplies to line the pockets of the corrupt men in charge

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

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

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

The elaborate climactic scene was creatively gruesome—and I felt realistic disgust as a result.

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

just a little bit of repetition at times, but I read an advanced reader copy, so this may well have changed

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

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

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

But when most of the guests fall violently ill at the reception, Olive's own luck seems to be changing

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

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

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

Scorah tells a fascinating personal story of growth and fear and change.

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

Although she wasn't trying to change her status from introvert to extrovert, she did want to open up

And I was annoyed by Dane’s giving up on himself and then, late in the book—and possibly too late to change

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

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

there's significant summary, and as events move along during the late phase of the story, we see abrupt changes

stuck, and friendship, and listening to your instincts, with vampires serving mainly as a catalyst for change

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

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

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

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

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