Chances (novel)

Chances

Cover from a later reprint of Chances
Author Jackie Collins
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Santangelo novels
Publication date
1981
Published in English
Warner Books
Media type Hardcover
ISBN 978-0-446-32943-9
OCLC 17347361
Followed by Hollywood Wives

Chances is a 1981 novel by Jackie Collins and the first in her Santangelo novels series. The novel has three focal points, two of them focusing on the main characters of the novel and a third during the New York City blackout of 1977.

Synopsis

Chances is broken up into parts, the first part looks at the blackout in New York City and how this affects the main characters. The second is focused on Gino Santangelo and later includes his children Lucky and Dario. The third part examines the life of Carrie Berkley and later her son Steven.

July 14/15 1977, New York City/Philadelphia

The blackout, a real event that Collins describes in some detail affects all the major characters either directly or indirectly.

Gino and Lucky

Gino's story begins in 1921 but backtracks to narrate details of when Gino's parent's, Paulo and Mira Santangelo emigrated to New York City from Italy in 1909 when Gino was three. From an early age Gino takes to a life of crime, stealing a car at the age of fifteen and ending up in a juvenile home.

Main characters

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