Reviews
"Bill Warrington's Last Chance is full of fascinating things to talk about -- like the coming of age of a young girl juxtaposed with an old man's search for redemption, not to mention the touching but unsentimental way they grow to care for each other... Perhaps one of the best things you can say about a novel is that the story lingers after you finish it. I have gone on thinking about this one without trying." Sue Monk Kidd, Author, NY Times Bestseller, "The Secret Life of Bees"
"This is what reading is about and what a good book is supposed to do." Sue Grafton, author of the Kinsey Millhone mystery series
"A moving tale." People Magazine. Selected as a "Great Read."
"Part road odyssey, part coming-of-age tale, King's novel achieves the exact right balance of humor, redemption, and reconciliation." Deborah Donovan, Booklist
"James King has written a fascinating novel of family dynamics that will resonate with readers on many levels... The sense of redemption and hope at the end make reading this novel truly worthwhile." Holly Scudero, Sacramento Book Review
"A road trip worth taking... Bill Warrington's Last Chance turns out to be quite ride for all the characters involved--and it proves that taking a chance may not turn out exactly as you planned, but it's darn worth a try." Dee Ann Grand, BookPage
"King gets the intergenerational dynamics just right, and his recognizable characters linger with you." AARP, The Magazine.
"Funny and warm and touching... If you think there are more than two sides to any story, you should enjoy the expansive view of family life presented in [this] new novel." Joe Meyers, Connecticut Post
"There is a depth of character development in King's writing too often ignored in novels... It is hard for me to believe these characters are not real and I want to badly to reach out to them. King did an amazing job of making the reader feel and relate. I am finished reading the book and yet I want to know more about them and I find myself still thinking about things they said or did." Clevelandwomen.com
"The spirited interplay between the gruff but wounded Bill and the perhaps too precocious April provides the most sensitive scenes in this enjoyable first novel." Publisher's Weekly
