The Second Chances of Priam Wood

Rigby presents a passionate, highly relatable love story based on a fantasy-tinged premise. When 70-year-old painter Priam Wood dies, his dog, Chloe, meets him in the afterlife to offer a unique opportunity. Priam can receive do-overs for the seven days of his life he most regrets, but first he must experience each day as originally lived it. As he relives the tragedy that happened to his son, Charlie, and the loss of his love, Ellie, Priam quickly learns that changing the trajectory of his life is not as easy as it seems, and the things he changes can significantly alter the future—and not always for the better. His despair as he relives his past is poignantly juxtaposed against the urgency he feels in trying to correct his mistakes during the second chances. Rigby ties characters, even peripheral ones, throughout the threads of both stories, proposing that we fatefully meet people we are intended to meet. Rigby wraps up his story with a tight, satisfying ending that gives meaning to Priam’s journey and provides readers with a keen lesson in the importance of forgiveness, making amends, and never wasting a moment. (BookLife)