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Another Chance: Tales of South Philadelphia

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If you know anything about South Phila., or grew up in a neighborhood city like Chicago, St. Louis, New York ,L.A. or San Francisco.
This is a book for you.
Mr. Biello captures the very essence of a local neighborhood.
You can smell the wood burning in the 55 gallon drums on 9th Street and the cheese hanging from the rafters in the Italian market.
For many it will bring back heartfelt memories.
Particularly if you grew up in the 60's -80's,or if you are a Rocky(the movies),fan.
The author manages to give you a vivid insight of this neighborhood to bring you into the book, he then takes you on an odyssey that will have you turning pages like an addicted James Patterson fan.
Good storyline and style.. Very lifelike.
Although it could have had a bit more editing , some words too repetitive others out of context.
That aside a very, very good read, I highly recommend it.

This book is a snapshot view of life in South Philadelphia. It's realistic right down to the streets and accents and captures the mindset of this microcosmic world circa 1972. A great read!

I am not a reviewer...I just like good stories. I look for great reads to mitigate the stress of frequent travel. "Another Chance" is a terrific book. Mr. Biello did a great job developing his characters and putting the reader in the heart of South Philadelphia. It reminded me of my Baltimore roots.

I could see the tight streets and the row houses...the stores with apartments above...the ethnic neighborhoods. There were characters that I grew to identify with and those that I loathed.

I could tell that this may be the author's first published novel due to some overuse of some adjectives, but because he did such a great job developing his charaters, I quickly forgot about this minor issue.

Enjoy it....I did.

Bruce Goodwin