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Second Chances

By Charity Norman
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On a cold winter night, a five-year-old boy named Finn is airlifted to safety after a serious fall from an upstairs verandah of a remote farmhouse. While initially thought to be an accident due to Finn's sleepwalking, his mother Martha holds a deeper secret she struggles to reveal. Having relocated her family across the world for a fresh start, Martha faces difficult choices that challenge her loyalty and protective instincts amid unfolding tragedy.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy emotionally charged general fiction exploring family dynamics, secrets, and the complexities of motherhood during crisis.

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An internationally bestselling rich and warm novel of family, divided loyalties and complicated relationships - for readers who love Jodi Picoult or Caroline Overington.

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In the quiet of a winter's night, the rescue helicopter is sent to airlift a five-year-old boy with severe internal injuries. He's fallen from the upstairs verandah of an isolated farmhouse and may not last the next few hours.

At first, Finn's fall looks like a horrible accident; after all, he's prone to sleepwalking. Only his frantic mother, Martha McNamara, knows how it really happened. And she isn't telling. Not yet. Maybe not ever.

Martha only wants the best for her family. That's why she moved heaven and earth to move them to the other side of the world, to start their lives afresh. And now she's faced with decisions she never dreamed she'd have to make, decisions with potentially devastating consequences. She's torn between her loyalty to her family and her need to protect them.

What do you do when your dream escape turns into a nightmare - and is there ever a way back?

Second Chances by Charity Norman is a gripping tale of a mother's love and the lengths she will go to for her family.

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ISBN: 9781743315774

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 June 2013

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 412g

Pages: 364

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Charity Norman is the author of Freeing Grace and The Son-in-Law.

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