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I get loads of books at my job. Many of them I send on to my book reviewer, but several of them I've brought home to read. This book was one of them. I tore through it, engrossed in the sadness of a family who has lost their mother and husband who has lost his wife.

Although the book changes voices somewhere in the middle from the father to the son, I found it both riveting and true to life. Teenagers are hard to live with without a big challenge like a death in the family or drug abuse. Here's my review:

Second Chances by Linda Chadwick


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book is very compelling about a family suffering from the recent death of their mother/wife. The father and the three children all have their own ways of coping with the death - most notably, the teenage son gets into a fight which leads to a brutal attack of retaliation. He is prescribed painkillers for broken ribs and other injuries and can't get off of them. The characters are believable and the situation heart-rending.

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Christmas joy

What can I say? I haven't posted in a long time and I have only the excuse of having too many things to keep up with.

But, I am so happy to have been able to spend quality time with my family over Christmas. My sister, Amy, and her hubby, Jeff, came over to enjoy some crepes on Christmas day with us. My brother, Jon (we call him Jon Jon Beauregard) was also there for the brunch of tasty-ness.

Jeff took these pictures of Lucy while Amy, Jon and I were cooking up a storm in preparation for the fete. (Thought I'd throw some French in there...seeing as we ate crepes and all.)

Lucy has the uncanny ability to let herself get really over-the-top happy. We could all use that ability.