A life in four callings
Police officer, paramedic, radio voice, and physician assistant: each chapter of work added another layer to a life that resisted a straight line.
The first volume in the Chance trilogy
Chance Beginnings
A memoir by Roberts Essex
An unvarnished story of growing up in East Savannah with a bent back, a mother of immense faith, and a life that took four turns before it found the page.
An honest Southern story
A beginning doesn't have to define your ending.
From a childhood in East Savannah and a mother's steadfast faith to four careers, divorce, and raising a child as a single father, Chance Beginnings follows a life shaped by hardship and made new through persistence, family, and grace.
Faith with its sleeves rolled up
This is faith as a practical companion through trouble, not a slogan. It is a grounded story of recovery, responsibility, and redemption.
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Chance Beginnings is the first book in the Chance trilogy. The Search and A New Life follow.
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