Second Chance- The Adventures of Gianni & Pepina

Second Chance - The Adventures of Gianni & Pepina (Book 1)

264 pages

"If you prefer to avoid laughing out loud while reading an entertaining story, you will find this novel to be a serious challenge. I confess, I failed miserably, and so thoroughly enjoyed Giuseppe Scarpine's wonderful story of Gianni and Pepina."

Richard Clark, PhD Psychologist

"Truly a lively and adventurous love story with many sidebars enticing you on to the next chapter, and, after the last one, you are left craving the next adventures of G & P in Japan and more! A story of hope and fulfillment in the golden years!"

Brian Murphy, Area Agency on Aging, Ventura, Ca.

Meet Dr. Gianni Pisano at the beginning of what promised to be an illustrious medical career. Everything was going his way; Emily, his beautiful young Scottish wife, the beginnings of a family with a fine home on the west coast. Then, one day, he finds his love has committed suicide.

Decades follow Gianni sealing himself off from society, stumbling through his medical practice while abusing himself with all forms of pharmeceuticals and alcohol. Eventually, he retires to a hermits life in Europe never again to have a relationship with another woman. Mystically, while tending to his passion of growing and grafting fruit trees, he meets Pepina Soler, a beguiling Catalonian woman who helps him overcome some bad habits as they embark on a whimsical and comedic journey of cooking, gardening, hiking and travelling around the world.