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  • Chances, Part 1

  • Gino's Story
  • By: Jackie Collins
  • Narrated by: Jackie Collins
  • Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (125 ratings)

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Chances, Part 1

By: Jackie Collins
Narrated by: Jackie Collins
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He started with nothing, and built an empire. She was born to bad times - and lived through much worse. Orphans and outlaws alike, Gino Santangelo and Carrie Jones were survivors in a harsh, loveless world....a passionate young Italian and an exotic dark beauty whose chance meeting yields a secret that can't be spoken for years to come.

From the luxury of Park Avenue to the early days of Las Vegas, the raw heat of jazz-era Harlem to the brutality of gangland Chicago, the Santangelo saga begins to unfold - a tale of secrets, betrayal, and unbridled lust that sets the stage for one of the most unforgettable heroines that Jackie Collins ever created: the incomparable Lucky Santangelo!

©1991 Jackie Collins (P)1991 Simon and Schuster, Inc.
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Great story but not for delicate people.

That’s just how it was. If you’re only interested in a story where everyone is treated fairly, no one is misunderstood, history is changed and sterilized to meet today’s standards, everyone gets a medal for just being alive, then this isn’t the book for you. Bad behavior, language and misdeeds are laid bare without apology but certainly not glorified. It’s just raw I read it in high school back in the 90’s and I went back for more now in my late 40’s and the only disappointing part about it is that it’s abridged and JC is not the best narrator LOL

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child sex abuse....I didn't like

I didn't like the child sex abuse.
I didn't like him marring his x lover daughter.

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Loved it!

Loved the story line and the fact it was read by none other than Jackie Collins! On to part 2!

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Audible censors

Love the uncensored book. Audible took out a ton of sections. Should offer both versions. Too bad.

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Uabridge

I’d love to hear the unabridged versions of both books. Lucky and Chances. Both are favorites.

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Wasted A Credit on 4 chapters

Part 2 should be included it was just more than 2 hours. I feel jipped.

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Excellent

Loved it & the narrator was very good - can't wait to hear part 2

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They took out too much in abridgment

It’s annoying that they censor the book, but even more so that it causes you to not even know a character they are talking about.

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Dank and dreary, drags too

I'm glad it wasn't any longer; I couldn't have taken any more! Depression, depression, depression one horrible thing after another to the protagonists; I hated this book!! Okay and then the narration; there must be good authors out there who are good narrators but this isn't one of them. I would prefer to give this no stars but that's not a choice. You might like it who knows? If you don't it's only a couple of hours wasted, but that was still too many for me!

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NOT THE WHOLE BOOK!!

I’ve read this book a few times. Very disappointed that the audible cut out quite a bit. It’s read by Jackie Collins but there are portions of it that are in there at all. I don’t know if it was edited for a time or they thought it was inappropriate etc. Extremely disappointed.

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