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Robert N. Georgalas (Author)
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Book Description

December 8, 2000
A provocative collection of short fiction, poetry and drama featuring the voices of both emerging and established writers, including:

Peter Meinke
E. Donald Two-Rivers
Robert N. Georgalas
Michael Burke
Brooke Bergan
David McGrath
Deborah Adelman
Tom Montgomery-Fate
Glenna Holloway
Patricia Ann McNair
Marco Benassi
Cris Burks
Mary Ruth Clarke
Scott Grunow
Michele Weber Hurwitz
Jo-Ann Ledger
Scott Mintzer
George Einar Nelson
Nicolette Roberts
M.J. Rychlewski
Deborah E. Ryel
Connie Scanlon
Daisy Lin Shapiro
Dorothy Terry
Edward Underhill
Sari Wilson
Ellen Zalewski


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Second chances. All of us want them, but if given the opportunity to redraft a portion of our lives, could we be sure that the scenarios we scripted would end in the happiness, redemption, forgiveness or love that we sought? In this anthology, 27 writers tackle that question in works set around the globe.

About the Author

Editor Bio - Robert N. Georgalas is an award-winning author who teaches film, literature and writing at the College of DuPage. Among the publications in which his works have appeared are: Urban Spaghetti, Hair Trigger,

Rambunctious Review, Sport Literate, Willow review, Arizona Literary Magazine, FOC Review, The Prairie Light Review and others. His first screenplay, "Unscheduled Stops," has been produced by Magic Fountain Films. His latest script, "No Giants, No Babies, No Killers" is now under consideration at 20th Century Fox.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Polyphony Press; 1st edition (December 8, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0967310911
  • ISBN-13: 978-0967310916
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,675,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Thing About Second Chances Is..., April 28, 2001
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This collection of fiction is at once focused and diverse. Part of the fun of reading the pieces in this book is to get completely caught up in one of the stories or plays, and only after you've finished it begin to realize its theme was "second chances." I especially liked the play about the family who inherited a valuable painting, but didn't know if it was real or how their grandmother had obtained it years before. I also enjoyed the story that took place during the lunch following the funeral of a beloved young man. The voices seemed so real, I almost felt like I was eavesdroppring. Great all around.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a rare find of literary touch, February 23, 2001
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Polyphony Press has done it again. Second Chances is as engrossing book as their first book, The Thing About Love Is..., which I found myself so completely involved in that I missed my stop on the "L". Second Chances has the same effect. The stories and poetry are so rich with the writers voice, it's as if they were whispering their tales and sonnets into your ear. Georgalas has pulled together a group of very talented writers to form a strong and powerful whole, a human touch from page to mind. I reccommend this book to anyone who know how it feels to look back and then forward. (Namely all of us.)
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5.0 out of 5 stars The weight of the world in one book., February 15, 2001
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When I saw the title of the second book from Polyphony Press, I was naturally intrigued. After fending off a barrage of "what if's" from my own life, it was time for some serious reading. And it was serious...and funny...and fascinating. This is an anthology that provides approachable, thought-provoking material without beating the reader over the head with smarmy reminders of its own intelligence. It is fitting that there are as many topics for second chances as there voices. With issues from religion to relationships, mortality to marriage, there are also some great life lessons. I was delighted that there were no references to winning lottery numbers or "final answer(s)." What a reader will find is that the tickets held by the myriad of characters may not contain the winning combinations, but the stories that result are priceless.
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