Second Chance

Jane Green, author of the bestsellers The Love Verb and The Beach House , examines love, life, and friendships in her moving and entertaining novel Second Chance . Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends - friends she hasn't seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years. On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and it's not quite so straightforward: Paul and Anna are struggling to have a baby, Saffron the actress is still waiting for that really big break that - at 39 - is looking less and less likely, and Olivia, always the wallflower of the group, is newly single and mourning her lost love. And what about Holly Mac? Can she and her husband Marcus get their marriage back on track for the sake of the children? Or has someone just come back into her life who will change everything forever? 'A corker of a story' Heat 'Witty and wise . . . another winner' Daily Express 'Will keep you entertained to the last page' Cosmopolitan The New York Times bestselling author delivers another winning novel—this time it's a tale of friendship and fateJane Green has become a nationally bestselling author with legions of fans through her novels about the true-life dilemmas of real women—their relationships, their careers, their loves, their triumphs and disappointments. In her latest book, Green tells the story of a group of people who haven't seen each other since they were best friends at school. When one of them dies in a terrible tragedy, the reunited friends work through their grief together and find that each of their lives is impacted in ways they could have never foreseen. Warm, witty, and as wise as ever, this is a story of friendship, of family, and of life coming full circle. When one of their friends is killed in a trerrorist attack, a group of friends gather to mourn, and as they do they rediscover the power of friendship, the politics of change, and the true meaning of a mid-life crisis