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Nov 22, 2015cknightkc rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
For me, THIS IS YOUR LIFE, HARRIET CHANCE, was an interesting novel, but the story was much darker than I had expected. I enjoyed the short chapters which kept the story moving and provided non-chronological "snapshots" of Harriet's life. At the beginning, Harriet seems a sympathetic albeit stereotypically doddering elderly lady (her habit of calling everyone "dear" was annoying), but little by little the real, flawed Harriet is revealed. Author Jonathan Evison skillfully proves that even the most ordinary of lives can be made up of secrets and complexities not discernible on the surface.