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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

These days there's no more witching, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

, 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

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

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

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