Second Chance

by Joy Collins

Mothers, fathers, children, wives, husbands—everyone deserves a second chance, don’t they?Or do they? Sara Weber has always felt she was married to two people—her husband and his ex-wife. Suddenly her world—and her marriage—is turned upside down when his ex demands money for their college-age daughter. Her husband’s response? He wants his daughter to move across the country to Arizona, live with him and Sara and attend the local university. As if this weren’t enough stress, Sara’s mother is becoming more senile and Sara has to help her sister place her only living parent in a nursing home. When Sara’s stepdaughter is in a car accident, the ex swoops in and attempts to re-kindle a relationship with Sara’s husband. Devastated, Sara turns to the last person she ever thought could help her—her own stepmother. Second Chance is the story of one woman’s marriage and how she learns that understanding and forgiveness are the keys to a second chance at love.

252 pages, Paperback

First published September 26, 2007

About the author

Joy Collins is a registered nurse who has written many health-related articles and has just published her first novel. Titled Second Chance, it deals with many timely topics, such as marriage, stepfamilies, and aging parents. Joy was recently named Health Editor for Women Etcetera!, an online magazine aimed at women 50 years old and older. www.womenetcetera.com.
For more information, visit www.joycollins.com.

"

Reviews

[Jaime · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally! Finally I have found a main character who I can truly relate to as a deeply in love with my husband, slightly neurotic, work at home, list loving woman. Did you hear that sigh of contentedness? That was me.

Second Chance by Joy Collins is the story of Sara Weber, her family, her husband, and her husband’s baggage – namely a daughter named Claudia and the ex-wife, Mona. Sara’s life spirals out of control when her mother’s condition deteriorates and Claudia moves in with Sara and her husband so she can go to the local university.

When Claudia is involved in a car accident, things only get worse when family secrets are slowly reveled and Mona flies down to be with her daughter during recovery.

This book is very relationship driven and I loved every moment of it. As a married woman, I fell right in with Sara and the story of this part of her life. While reading about her disagreements with her husband about the ex-wife, I couldn’t help but wish I could go into the book and say, “It’s not you she doesn’t trust, it’s Mona!”

Being a woman who is divorced and remarried, Sara knows a lot about second chances, which is a strong theme through this book. What I liked best about Collins’ use of this theme is that she makes it realistic – sometimes second chances work and sometimes they come back to bite you in the rear end.

[Philip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Does everyone deserve a Second Chance? A novel about marriage, forgiveness and love.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

I could really relate to this one.

[Izabela · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars