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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?%%%Jane Green, author of the best-sellers 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' Cosmopolitanne Green's novels, including The Other Woman, The Patchwork Marriage (published as Another Piece of My Heart in the USA), Jemima J., Babyville, Girl Friday (Dune Road), Life Swap (Swapping Lives), Spellbound (To Have and to Hold), Second Chance, Straight Talking, Mr. Maybe, and Bookends, are as moving as they are funny and have achieved best-seller status internationally.

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A tragedy brings old friends back together for an unexpected reunion, and beneath the happy and successful veneer of their lives lies heartbreak and problems. Jane Green brings all of her flair to this honest, emotional and romantic novel for anyone still trying to figure out what life is all about. Big marketing campaign for this and the new hardback, The Beach House.

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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 twenty 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 he actress is still waiting for that really big break that - at thirty-nine - 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 for ever?

Author Biography

Jane Green is the Number One bestselling author of fourteen novels- Straight Talking, Jemima J, Mr Maybe,Bookends, Babyville, Spellbound, The Other Woman, Life Swap, Second Chance, The Beach House, Girl Friday, The Love Verb, The Patchwork Marriage and The Accidental Husband. Jane and her husband live in Connecticut with their blended family of six children.

Review

A corker of a story, sharply and elegantly told * Heat *
Fizzing with fast-and-furious dialogue, this is vintage Green * Eve *

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A corker of a story, sharply and elegantly told

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'A corker of a story, sharply and elegantly told' Heat 'Fizzing with fast-and-furious dialogue, this is vintage Green' Eve

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