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<\/p>I don\u2019t quite know what attracted me to \u201cIn the Land of Second Chances<\/a>.\u201d The book revolved around some strange happenings in a small town in Nebraska as narrated by a woman who ran the town\u2019s only bed and breakfast. That didn\u2019t quite match up with my usual diet of coming of age books or men trying desperately to not grow up books.\n

$\"\"$ In the end, I\u2019m glad I read it, but don\u2019t think I will follow up with any future offerings\u00a0 by George Shaffner, including the book\u2019s sequel. I didn\u2019t intensely dislike the book<\/a> or the characters, but the pages turned pretty quickly, and I was not sad to finish. That\u2019s because I really didn\u2019t like these people either.<\/p>\n

The fact that we know everything about what happens because the narrator is part of a clique of women who spread the word liberally throughout the town made me roll my eyes. The notion that the town of Ebb was a haven for divorced women rebuilding their lives fell flat. The positioning of the traveling salesman, who wasn\u2019t really a salesman, as a redemptive, almost Jesus-like figure pushed me over the edge.<\/p>\n

The book really provides a harmless glimpse into the lives of people who think they have it all figured out only to stumble upon someone who forces them to see everything through a different prism. Like I said, Harmless, but not really the best use of my reading time.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"