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The Fountain

Second Chance, Book 1

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The Fountain

By: John A. Heldt
Narrated by: Roberto Scarlato
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Portland, Oregon. In May 2022, the Carpenters are a sad lot. Bill, 81, has just buried his beloved wife. Paul, 75, has terminal lung cancer. Annie, 72, is a paraplegic with broken dreams. Childless and directionless, the siblings face an uncertain future in their childhood home. Then Bill, a retired folklore professor, learns from a dying man that the legendary Fountain of Youth, his obsession for decades, may be more than a myth. He races to Mexico to find the truth.

Within weeks, the Carpenters, with nothing to lose, enter a mysterious cave and exit in July 1905 as healthy young adults. They begin new lives in Oakland, California, only vaguely aware of a devastating earthquake that will rock the San Francisco Bay Area on April 18, 1906.

In The Fountain, the first book in the Second Chance trilogy, three siblings find opportunity, romance, and heartbreak as they make the most of a new lease on life.

©2022, 2023, 2024 John A. Heldt (P)2025 John A. Heldt Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt
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a moving story about some extraordinary young people made more extraordinary through adversity and through their relationships.

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Found this story on FreeAudiobookCodes.com. Sometimes you find a gem in all the various audio books offered. Time travel done right can be a really good story and this one was one of the best I have had the pleasure of listening to. A truly well written story. Worth reading and spending a credit on.
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A well written story of life, love and loss.

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