{"product_id":"9781398517592-chances","title":"Chances","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eintroduced by Jo Thomas\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to Lucky's world. Jackie Collins' sizzling Lucky saga all began with \u003ci\u003eChances\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, sexy and glamorous' JOJO MOYES\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jackie Collins’s daring, unapologetic stroke of the pen, combined with her glorious wit, has single-handedly given creative license to new generations of authors and storytellers.' COLLEEN HOOVER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing a new introduction from bestselling author, Jo Thomas, talking about what Jackie and her books mean to her! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Jackie’s skill as a writer is enviable. Rereading Chances I was totally hooked in from the start, into all the lives that were playing out in front of me’ \u003cb\u003eJO THOMAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book that made Jackie Collins one of Britain's favourite authors sweeps you from the sophisticated playgrounds of Europe to the glittering gambling palaces of Las Vegas. It plunges you into the reckless, dangerous world of the Santangelo crime family. It introduces you to Gino Santangelo, the street kid who makes it all the way to the top. And then it brings you Lucky - his sensual and passionate daughter; a woman who dares to win her father's empire for herself; a woman unafraid of taking CHANCES.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There have been many imitators, but only ever one Jackie Collins.  With millions of her books sold around the world, and thirty-one \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, she is one of the world’s top-selling novelists. From glamorous Beverly Hills bedrooms to Hollywood movie studios; from glittering rock concerts to the yachts of billionaires, Jackie chronicled the scandalous lives of the rich, famous, and infamous from the inside looking out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A true inspiration, a trail blazer for women's fiction' \u003cb\u003eJILLY COOPER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Jackie shows us all what being a strong, successful woman means at any age’ \u003cb\u003eMILLY JOHNSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Jackie will never be forgotten, she’ll always inspire me to #BeMoreJackie’ \u003cb\u003eJILL MANSELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Legend is a word used too lightly for so many undeserving people, but Jackie is the very definition of the word’ \u003cb\u003eALEX KHAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘What Jackie knew how to do so well, is to tell a thumping good story’ \u003cb\u003eROWAN COLEMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Nobody does it quite like Jackie and nobody ever will’ \u003cb\u003eSARRA MANNING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Jackie wrote about Hollywood with total authenticity, breaking all the rules and taboos’ \u003cb\u003eBARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Collins was saying that women didn’t have to centre round men, either in books or in life’ \u003cb\u003eJESSIE BURTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Jackie lived the Hollywood dream, but, she looked sideways at it, and then shared the dirt with her readers’ \u003cb\u003eJULIET ASHTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘What radiates from her novels, is a sense that women are capable of great things’ \u003cb\u003eALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535794741622,"sku":"9781398517592","price":10.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31839760.jpg?v=1774283283","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398517592-chances","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}