Rather it was the fifteen finalists.
The ones whose lives were about to change forever. The ones who would never be the same again . . . who could never go back to life the way it was. Just maybe among them was a singer like she used to be, someone with faith and family and a quiet, happy life.
If she could warn just one of them about the false illusion of fame, she would do it. And in the process she might find something she’d lost four years ago with the death of her parents. The one thing fame could never give her. The one thing worth chasing.
Meaning.
Number one New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury is America’s favorite inspirational novelist with more than twenty million copies of her award-winning books in print. Karen has more than a dozen novels that have hit number one on national lists. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, Don, and their five sons, three of whom are adopted from Haiti. Their actress daughter, Kelsey, is married to Christian artist Kyle Kupecky.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kingsbury, Karen.
The chance / Karen Kingsbury.
p. cm.
I. Title.
PS3561.I4873C47 2013
813′.54—dc23
2012027411
ISBN 978-1-4516-4703-7
ISBN 978-1-4516-4704-4 (ebook)