The Second Chance Store

If clothes can get a second chance,why can’t we? Brimming with lifeloveand the stories bound up in even the most everyday itemsThe Second Chance Store is a tale of friendshiplossand dusting yourself off and starting over–a novel filled with humor and a testament to the enduring power and joy of charity shops. City dweller Gwen feels like she’s living a secondhand life. She’s thirty-eightperpetually singleand in dire need of a dentist’s appointment. Her friends are busy procreating in the countryand conversations with her parents seem to revolve entirely around hedge borders and the trash pickup schedule. Above all she’s lonely. But thenisn’t everyone? Then she’s let go from a job she drifted into a decade ago and never leftand Gwen realizes it’s time to make a changestarting with cleaning out her apartment. In the charity shop where she literally and metaphorically unloads her baggageshe discovers a group of weird and wonderful people devoted to finding a new home for donated items that have lost their use elsewhere. Gwen volunteers there–and finds a new home for herself among her fellow workers while discovering joy in the untold stories of secondhand things. Now it’s time for Gwen to get out of her life in pauseand to find a way to move forward with bravery and humanity–and more regular dental care.