This book alternates perspectives between two sisters - Julia, a morning news anchor in New York, and Ginny, a chef running a secret supper club in her home in Arizona with a fraught relationship with her 21 year old daughter. When the book starts, they haven't spoken in 3 years, but when Julia makes a mistake at work, she decides to go to Arizona to hide out and to reconnect with her sister. Not a book for the ages - not the most original plot, characters never quite came fully to life in a way to make me really engage with them emotionally, and I can tell I won't remember this book a year from now. But yet it was a quick and cute enough read.

🥕 BOOK REVIEW🥕
The Second Chance Supper Club

-DESCRIPTION-
A book about sisters that have been estranged after a family tragedy.

-THOUGHTS-
1. It was very easy for me to relate to that book, having so many sisters myself...although not a requirement to enjoy this book!
2. I love that it was a book about life and all the food intertwined throughout the story!

-RATING-
⭐⭐⭐⭐
I recommend this book!

-SIMILAR RECOMMENDED READS-
Beyond the Point
Map of the Heart
Sound of Gravel

The Second Chance Supper Club was a wonderful novel about family relationships and second chances.  I enjoyed how the sisters' relationship was portrayed in the story.  Sisters Ginny and Julia haven't spoken in years.  After Julia runs into trouble at her job, she takes off and shows up at Ginny's house.  Ginny has been having her own work related difficulties and trouble with her daughter.  The sisters seem to both have been holding a grudge and misunderstanding for something that happened years ago.  Both women have to face changes in their lives as they also deal with their damaged relationship.

I do enjoy family dramas, and especially sister-centered!  This was a good storyline - kept me hooked and I'm pretty sure that my teenage daughter is the same person in this book!

This is the first novel I've read by Nicole Meier. Now that I know what her writing style is like, I want to go back and read what I've missed of hers.

The Second Chance Supper Club is a sweet story about sisters who have been estranged for a while due to a family tragedy. I enjoyed getting to know both Julia and Ginny and learning what made them tick. They were very much relatable and I wanted things to work out for both of them in their career paths. I also enjoyed Olive's role and wish she had her own narrative, as she was interesting and complex. The food descriptions and scenery brought the story to life even more and I really enjoyed watching the story unfold.

I recommend this book to foodies and anyone who wants a really good story that is both heartwarming and honest.

Movie casting suggestions:
Julia: Ali Liebert
Ginny: Samantha Morton
Olive: Julia Nightingale
James: Luke Kirby
Shane: Ben Barnes
Roger: Keith Carradine

this little book was deceiving. I didn't expect the emotional punch it had. Well written and absorbing. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher!

I really enjoyed this heartwarming story of two sisters, torn apart by tragedy and misunderstanding, who ultimately find their way not only back to each other, but also to their true selves. I spent most of the book salivating over the descriptions of Ginny's food! Off to add more books by Nicole Meier to my TBR list....

Thank you to NetGalley and Nicole Meier for allowing me to read and review The Second Chance Supper Club. I really enjoyed this book!

This is the story of estranged sisters who find their way back to one another after a scandal in New York sends the younger sister to the older sister's remote hideaway in Arizona.  Complex characters have lots of baggage and all are on a quest for happiness.  A solid story laced with food and love.  Thank you NetGalley and publishers for providing an advance digital copy for review.

GoodRead review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3062868334

“The Second Chance Supper Club” by Nicole Meier

Nicole Meier has written a great story about working through life’s obstacles and coming through them stronger than you were before. A book about trying even when it’s hard and making it work for the sake of family. Very well done!-Green Gables Book Reviews

Julia is living the life she’s dreamed of. She has an amazing fiance, the career she has dreamed of and she’s got all she’s ever wanted. Except it has cost her a price. When her parents died, she lost not only them but her best friend, her sister, Ginny.

Ginny left her career as a chef in New York and has had to start over. She’s resilient and is doing her best to make a living. Even more difficult, though, is her relationship with her daughter, Olive. Ginny is a single Mom and things haven’t been going well with Olive for a while now. It doesn’t help that Ginny and Olive work together at Ginny’s secret in-her-home supper club.

When Julia takes a huge risk live on the air at work, things do not turn out well for her and her career. The only person she wants to turn to is Ginny. Julia makes a big decision. Will Ginny accept Julia when she shows up at her door?

When Julia shows up, it is the worst possible time. Guests are waiting and Olive and Ginny have just had an argument and Olive left. Ginny, shocked, welcomes Julia in and puts her to work. There will be time to talk tomorrow.

When tomorrow comes, can they work through their differences and start to heal their relationship or are their wounds too deep to repair?

Thank you to NetGalley for this book to read and review.

It has taken me a while to read this book and now I don't know why I put it off. 
I enjoyed this book about finding your way back. Back home, back to family and back to yourself. 
These sisters, Ginny and Julia, drifted apart after their parents death 3 years prior. One left her busy life in NYC behind to move back home to take care of everything while the other stayed and progressed in her career. Now 3 years later they are both struggling. Struggling in their career and financially. 
When something happens to force Julia to take a look at her life, she decides to go back home to Arizona. Where her sister is struggling to keep her and her daughter afloat. 
I really enjoyed how this change made not only Julia, but Ginny take a good look at their life and decide what truly matters. That even though they are in their late 30's, early 40's they can still make a change in their life. Grow. Focus. Change. 
I received an advance reader copy for an honest review.

This is my first book by Nicole Meier, but it won't be my last.  I enjoyed the story and her writing style.

My stomach growled and my taste buds perked up reading about the delicious meals Ginny prepared.  What a wonderful view of sister, mother-daughter, and romantic relationships.  Each has its own difficulties, but watching each character grow and develop into a mature and responsible adult was rewarding.

This is a story of forgiveness, finding a sense of self, and accepting responsibility for each person's role in the problems created.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.  I'm looking forward to reading more books by this author!

DNF p. 54

I was all over this premise about estranged sisters reconnecting and a secret supper club but I just cannot connect to either Ginny or Julia. I am mystified by their life choices and the way they treat other people and even though I'm sure their character arcs will bring about some redemption in these areas, I don't have it in me to hang around long enough to see it.

I loved Second Chance Supper Club! I mean it is almost like it was written for me. A main character that's a chef. Beautiful descriptions of the Arizonan desert. And a story of sisters. That hits a ton of my favorite themes. Nicole Meier's writing was lush. From her descriptions of the desert to the dishes Ginny prepared. I was hungry through most of my reading of this book and felt long overdue for a trip to the desert, my birthplace. 

In addition to that Ginny and Julia Frank were such well-formed and well-written characters. By the end of the book I felt as if I knew both of them. I loved seeing each of them face their struggles and how they wrestled with feelings of failure. And anyone who has had a sister can absolutely relate to their relationship. 

The Second Chance Supper Club is a wonderful story of failing and getting back up again and restoring what was once broken. I highly recommend this book

The Second Chance Supper Club was exactly what I’d hoped! Julia and Ginny had a close relationship that was disrupted by tragedy. The circumstances that brought them back together, to work on reconciliation, were both believeable and relatable. All of the food references and descriptions were a bonus! Pick this up if you are looking for a realistic, heartwarming story with a feel good ending.

Two sisters are thrown together trying to make life work in rough patches of their careers/relationships. I loved how this whole story worked out and the sisters relationship brought them back to themselves and to each other. Cooking, journalism, sisterhood, relationships, and making an grown up life work.

Julia is going home to the desert Julia is in Manhattan and gets an early phone call. Miller Warren is aware of her being late and can have her fired there has been a recent dip in ratings . She is on the morning show and all the drama starts when she overhears gossip and the mayor is on the morning show.

A cute, feel-good book. Somewhat predictable, but an easy read if you want a family redemption novel centered around food with a little romance thrown in. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy.

3.5 stars

This was an easy read about two sisters and their strained relationship. The writing was easy to follow and flowed well. 
I had never heard of underground restaurants and I found the entire concept fascinating. 

I did get annoyed with some of the choices and decisions that Julia and Ginny made. They felt superficial to me as the reader and I couldn’t connect. 

This would be a book that I would consider a “beach” read.

Second Chance Supper Club was an enjoyable read about family dynamics, relationships and food.  I found the story to be well put together and although it was somewhat predictable, it kept my interest due to Ms. Meier’s writing style as well as her storytelling capabilities.  Thank you, Netgalley for the opportunity to preview this book in exchange for my honest opinion.  #goodreads, #amazon, # Barnesandnoble