Kristin Hannah's touching story about the vagaries of life, love and second chances makes for an excellent reading experience. Can he stop before it's too late? When the embers of their long-ago passion once again flare into life, Annie feels like she's been given a second chance at happiness. But a guilt-ridden Nick is bent upon drowning his sorrows in alcohol. Izzy slowly blossoms and begins to return to a modicum of normalcy under Annie's cheerful influence and in turn helps Annie recover from her own ordeal. Having once been in love with Nick herself, Annie offers to help him by looking after his daughter. She finds that her best friend from childhood had committed suicide, leaving behind grieving husband Nick and an emotionally traumatized young daughter, Izzy. Once there, at every step she's reminded of having given up all her high hopes and dreams for a failed marriage. At first disbelieving, Annie slowly but bitterly accepts the fact and returns to the small town where she grew up. Upon coming back from seeing off their only daughter on a pre-college London trip, housewife Annie Colwater is devastated by her husband's abrupt announcement that he's divorcing her for a younger woman.
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