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Second Chances
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November 1, 2010
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November 30, 2010
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Maria
Jul 02, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  (Review from the author)
My third novel.
I love it of course, I hope you will too :)
Darcia Helle
Dec 06, 2010 rated it it was amazing
With Second Chances, Maria Savva shows us how the love that drew two people together can so easily fade into the background when the daily struggles take over. James is a lawyer, working long hours for a demanding firm. Pamela is a stay-at-home mother of two young children, longing for her husband’s attention. Somewhere beneath the stress, the arguments and the resentment, they still love one another. But by the time they figure that out, their love might be too damaged to repair.

Savva does a ma
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Jen Knox
Jul 04, 2010 rated it it was amazing
There is nothing so destructive to a relationship than that which goes unsaid. It is everything that is not said, that is kept a secret, that wears away at a marriage: easily summed up, not so easily portrayed in a novel. It is this portrayal of a silent, strained marriage, as it follows husband and wife through normal personal struggles (James, working too hard; Pamela, feeling ignored) that creates such a subtle, heartbreaking beauty here. But what begins as a sparse and realistic plotline qui ...more
Sheri
Sep 26, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Second Chances (Maria Savva)
This story is about James and Pamela. A married couple with two young children. James is a lawyer, who is "married" to his job. Pamela feels neglected by him. While James has troubles at work he comes home to find a note, Pamela has left with the children, and asks him not to try to find her.

Pamela has a secret from her past, that haunts her , a secret she kept from her husband all these years. James is determined to find his wife , and save his marriage.

An emotional
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Maria
Oct 19, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  (Review from the author)  ·  review of another edition
Kindle edition of my novel.
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