{"product_id":"second-thoughts-second-chances-9781636845746","title":"Second thoughts: Second Chances","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving met at Ithaca University as graduate students, the millennial year of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2000 is soon approaching, Sydney Steinberg and Corinna Kipnis consider each other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir exclusive significant other. While after graduation, Corinna takes up a position\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas reference librarian in her hometown library of Thompsonville, Syd hastens to finish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis graduate degree in engineering. But after some irrepressible soul-searching, he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecides on a radical change of course--he will, instead, attempt that more challenging\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecareer in the New York financial world he has always aspired to, which, in his estimate, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill not only demand his highest level of intellectual mastery but, simultaneously, will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealso position him at the very cutting edge of significant decision making. This choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the lifestyle it engenders set Corinna and Syd on deeply discordant life tracks and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etoward life goals that prove incompatible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the meantime, Viktor, Corinna's father and now professor emeritus, has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeen summoned to California for a hospital visit with his cousin and boyhood hero, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitchell Kipnis. Despite Mitchell's palatial Malibu home, Viktor perceives Mitchell's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eloneliness as a widower and retiree and convinces him that a prolonged vacation in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis old hometown--Thompsonville--is just what the doctor would have ordered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, Viktor reminds Mitchell that his son Paul, has just taken a position at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEly College in Thompsonville and would be an added companion. Mitchell consents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto this transition and eventually becomes a thoroughly vibrant part of the whole\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThompsonville scene. Inevitably, Corinna and Syd separate; and through this painful\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprocess, Corinna actually begins to fall in love with another person--having herself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattained a depth and confidence she had never before realized. In this generational\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand a career mix of interesting, well-realized characters, there are more than enough\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eopportunities for dynamic clashes of values and priorities--small-town community or\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebig-city glitz? Wealth and power or a dedication to personal development? Parents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand their children retaining familial ties between generations or opting to go it alone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlenty of opportunity for second thoughts. And hopefully discovering second chances\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealong the way, the reader might be drawn into some thoughtful reevaluation of his own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebasic assumptions. And that is, of course, the best of all outcomes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Global Summit House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636845746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d","brand":"Dolores Chernoski Moses","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034342715573,"sku":"9781636845746","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b7d73ec5-b810-47a5-b17b-91b37692a957.jpg?v=1763593737","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/second-thoughts-second-chances-9781636845746","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}