Chance Beginnings
The Memoir
An honest, hopeful look at a boy, his family, and the moments that made him who he is.
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An Amazon ebook bestseller · A memoir by Roberts Essex
Stories of family, faith, and redemption from East Savannah.
A heartfelt memoir about the people, places, and second chances that shaped a life in the heart of the South.
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A life lived, a story told
The simple life of Savannah, honestly told.
Roberts Essex grew up in East Savannah, raised by a mother whose faith carried the family through hardship. His life took him through four very different careers, divorce, and single fatherhood before he sat down to tell the story he had carried for decades.
Chance Beginnings offers a grounded Southern story, where faith is a working tool and redemption is found in the slow work of living.
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