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

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

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

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

Sex; and Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. 04 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change

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

Some characters behave nonsensically, scene changes and interactions sometimes feel abrupt and unlikely

within the relationships she lays out, and you may not be able to anticipate who's going to have a life-changing A couple of these stories left me wishing for more, but Meloy doesn't leave you hanging, instead drawing

includes some footnotes), desperately trying to establish whether there were signs, or if she has simply changed

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

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

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

their departure before packing up to leave for good--and that's when she encounters something that changes

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

Appalachian cultural norms—fighting, distrusting the government and media, not believing hard work results in change

Johnson transports you to her late 1980s teenage bubble and allows you to live through her sharply life-changing Benway In Far from the Tree, Benway examines the pain of a young woman’s pregnancy and her permanently changed

There are additional books in the Sarah Agnes Prine series: Sarah's Quilt, The Star Garden, and Light Changes

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

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

too rigid) but also for how to become more aware of issues surrounding local eating and how to effect change

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

What types of books are you reading, and have you found that your reading habits have changed during

gradually, driven by a measure of empathy, taking in and training young people who are also fighting for a chance

, sweat, and tears, and the appealingly messy second-chance attempts at being true to themselves and

more stressful and Emma's mother shows up, will the potentially serious feelings between them stand a chance

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

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

Silver offers a story with a missed-chances premise in which romance, drama, and an unwavering hope in One Day in December offers a missed-chances setup with enormous repercussions. Josie Silver also wrote an irresistible second-chances premise in her book The Two Lives of Lydia Hill

When her mom shows up from Ghana, Maddie jumps at the chance for some independence; a late bloomer, she For my full review, please check out We All Want Impossible Things. 06 Changeless (Parasol Protectorate books and laughed out loud at the dialogue, Alexia's abrupt manner, and the delightful oddities in Changeless review (and a link to my review of the first book in the Parasol Protectorate series), please check out Changeless

including her life's one tender connection, to the young daughter of her former household, her former charge

In We Are Called to Be a Movement, Barber makes an impassioned case for change and a "moral revival,"

In "Alcatraz," characters count on officially changing the erroneous facts of their family's history

embracing of the beauty in an everyday life and in straightforward affection, the heartbreak of missed chances

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

shifts allow a story to go places it otherwise never could, allowing for unusual perspective, second chances intrigued by time-travel stories, you might also like the books on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Second-Chance

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

The capable Pamela yet again must take charge despite her fear and rage and pain.

Bridget has a chance at a stable new beginning--yet she's young and can't stifle her yearning for adventure

their relationship is discovered, they're cruelly punished by being abandoned on an island with little chance

Andrew Sean Greer offers a story of enduring love, loss, chance encounters, friendship, adventure, and

The messy zigzags Edward takes toward growing and changing and understanding himself and what life should

his teacher and the other thieves in the area--and taking in young people who are also fighting for a chance

As Khayyam eagerly discovers more of Leila's mysterious history, she begins to grow and change in this

I didn’t want to know all these words, charged with urgency and crisis.

could have been an interesting and charming memoir about growing up in Appalachia and the incredible changes

And the homicides seems to be shifting the tide of power and changing men's behavior in general.

kingdom's evils are intensely detailed and extensively explored; this motivates characters to seek change

exception, are Sedaris's unflinching observations of moments in time, desperate scenes, and emotionally charged

A chance meeting shifts the paths of their lives forever.

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