The Land of Last Chances

Jeanne Bridgeton, an unmarried executive in her late forties, discovers life doesn’t begin and end on a spreadsheet when her expected menopause instead becomes an unexpected pregnancy. Though accomplished at managing risk professionally, Jeanne realizes her skills don’t extend to her personal life, where she has allowed the professional and the personal to become intertwined. She’s not even sure which of two men in her life is the father. Worse yet, a previously undisclosed family secret reveals that she may carry a rare hereditary gene for early-onset Alzheimer’s—and it’s too late to get genetic tests. This leaves Jeanne to cope with her intense fear of risk without the aid of the mountain of data she’s accustomed to relying upon. Wrestling with the question of whether her own needs, or those of her child, should prevail takes Jeanne on an intensely emotional journey—one that ultimately leads to growth and enlightenment.


My Review


I liked this book. I unexpected turn of events that Jeanne experienced was something that women could relate to. Although, I will admit that I did find this book to be a bit depressing. This is partly due to the fact that the other characters did not help. They were not cheerful as was Jeanne. She did improve as the story progressed.

Thus for the tone of the story, I did struggle with reading the book. What I mean is that it was slow reading for me. It seemed to take longer for me to finish than I usually do. Despite my opinions and feelings of this book; it is a good read. I do encourage readers looking for more women authors that are writing "real life" stories to give this book a look.