Chapters (51)
- Cover
- Praise for A Season for Second Chances
- Also by Jenny Bayliss
- Dedication
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-one
- Twenty-two
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-four
- Twenty-five
- Twenty-six
- Twenty-seven
- Twenty-eight
- Twenty-nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-one
- Thirty-two
- Thirty-three
- Thirty-four
- Thirty-five
- Thirty-six
- Thirty-seven
- Thirty-eight
- Thirty-nine
- Forty
- Forty-one
- Forty-two
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Discussion Guide
- About the Author
- What’s next onyour reading list?
On the Putnam dream team, I would like to thank copyeditor Kathleen Go, for—among other things—her excellent timeline-error busting skills and for highlighting all the idioms and phrases that totally don’t translate from the UK to the US; it’s both fascinating and fun. Thank you, Sanny Chiu, for another beautiful book jacket; this one actually made me yip with joy when I saw it. To Alexis Welby and Elora Weil, thank you for being fabulous at getting me and my book seen in the world and for helping me through it when I am a jittery Jenni! My thanks to Hannah Dragone, Tiffany Estreicher, Anthony Ramondo, Maija Baldauf, Emily Mileham, Shina Patel, Sally Kim, and Ashley McClay, for all your hard work in making this book actually happen. And to Tarini Sipahimalani, editorial assistant and so much more, whom I speak with over email so often it’s like chatting with a friend, thank you for your constant support and input.
To the kind people on Instagram, Twitter, and BookTok who take the time to share their thoughts and review my books, I thank you, and I hope you enjoy this one. Many of you have become friends over this last couple of years, thank you for making my social media a safe and joyful space.
Thank you to my sister, Linzi, for letting me write much of this book in your dining room, while you sat at your easel painting and randomly bursting into song. And to my brother, Simon, who stands next to me at book launches and reminds me to breathe. I got lucky when they dished out siblings.
Thank you to my dear friends for putting up with my long absences while I write, I am lucky to have you. Aileen, Jo, Adele, Daniella, Beth, and Victoria, I owe you all cake!
I am blessed with parents who are joyful to be around and marvelously bananas! Thank you, mum and dad, for early-morning beach coffees and for rocking up on my doorstep with cough medicine when I have a cold, even though I’m forty-eight years old.
To my friend Jayne, thank you for regaling me with your hilarious dating exploits down the years. Nory and Isaac’s root vegetable shooting is shamelessly plucked from one such anecdote. You, Bev, and Helen have been my constant friends since we met at sixteen, when I transferred schools. We’ve seen one another through a lot in the last thirty-two years. Thanks for being there!
To my sons, Jack and Will, you are my world.