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    A Risk Worth Taking
    A Risk Worth Taking
    A Risk Worth Taking
    Audiobook9 hours

    A Risk Worth Taking

    Written by Robin Pilcher

    Narrated by John Lee

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    The New York Times bestselling author of Starting Over and An Ocean Apart returns with his strongest work to date—a heartwarming story of love, compassion, and redemption
    After the dot-com bubble burst, Dan Porter is laid off from his job and must decide what is truly important. His wife of 20 years, Jackie, a beautiful and successful managing director for a clothing designer, no longer connects with him. His teenagers Josh, Nina and Millie are distant and confusing. Jackie is tempted by the attentions of a younger man at her office, and thanks to an opportunity suggested by a magazine article, Dan finds himself contemplating a drastic change in his life.A Risk Worth Taking is an engrossing, thought-provoking novel of a man who has to discover what he really values in his work, marriage, and life. Robin Pilcher writes fluidly, and is endlessly interested in the details of his characters' lives. He has written a poignant and moving story about the real choices adults face when they start taking stock of their lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateFeb 11, 2004
    ISBN9781593973858
    Author

    Robin Pilcher

    Robin Pilcher is the son of bestselling novelist Rosamunde Pilcher. His first three novels, An Ocean Apart, Starting Over, and A Risk Worth Taking were New York Times bestsellers. He lives in Dundee, Scotland.

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    • 4/5
      The story of a man looking to find more than he had. Dan lost his money and his job as a broker in the dot.com collapse. With his wife becoming increasingly impatient and remote, his daughters miserable at being removed from their school, and his son interested in who-knows-what, well, it's time to rethink.Dan's solution is to remove himself from London and check out a company in Scotland. The result is a new life for himself and his son, renewed appreciation from his daughters, and friendships.A nice book.
    • 3/5
      The main character in this novel is Dan Porter, a middle-aged Londoner working for an American based investment company. He loses his job during the dot.com bust and then watches as many of his American co-workers die in the 9/11 attack. Forced to look at his career, marriage and life direction, he makes some decisions for change. As the story unfolds and his life takes unforeseen directions, he has to look at how his decisions affect his wife and children and decide if his decisions are really for the benefit of his family or just self-indulgent. A few pages into the book I thought it might develop into a totally cliched novel best suited to a Lifetime TV channel movie. But I was pleased to see it develop into an interesting character study. I enjoyed it very much. This is the first book I have read by Robin Pilcher who is the son of novelist Rosamund Pilcher.
    • 2/5
      Read on the plane coming home from New Orleans. Typical plane book, would not recommend.
    • 4/5
      I picked this up for 99p a few years ago and just got round to reading it. I was pleasantly suprised to find it was very readable, although quite unlike my normal choices. It focuses on relationships, family and the difficult decisions and choices we make, good or bad. The central character Dan is as likeable as his wife is unpleasant and the Scottish characters, particularly Patrick, are ajoy to read.
    • 4/5
      Dan Porter's life is coming apart. He has lost his powerful job, his wife is getting caught up in her own career, and his children seem to have lost respect for him. Upon reading an article in a magazine regarding the sale of a small clothing manufacturing company, Dan heads up to Scotland and meets Katie and Patrick Trenchard. Patrick persuades Dan to help him temporarily in his prawn packing business. And Dan life starts to turn around in a new direction. The author, Robin Pilcher, is the eldest son of author Rosamunde Pilcher and writes similar books about people taking control of their lives. A heartwarming book.