Second Chances

by Daniel J. Barrett

Overview

What are the odds of hitting the national lottery for $330.0 million dollars? The odds are 270 million to one. What are the odds of hitting it twice? The odds are four in ten billion. What are the odds of a couple hitting the lottery, one for $330.0 million dollars and the other for $480.0 million dollars, three years later in cities 1,500 miles apart? It’s never been calculated but the couple, together, hit for $810.0 million dollars, equivalent to the third highest total in history. Jack Manning is well on his way with his plans and his new bride, Mary Evans, knows she needs to follow a similar path as Jack, but with her own ideas in mind. Life changed for Jack after his former wife left him, divorced him, and left him penniless with no future. Now, happy, married to his closest friend, an ex-nun, he wants Mary to realize her potential and help change the world. Let’s see what happens next. Hold on for a very unusual ride. How do you give away a fortune in only a few years?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940166085979
Publisher:	Black Opal Books
Publication date:	05/31/2023
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	429 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Daniel J. Barrett was born in Rutland, Vermont and has lived his entire life in Troy, New York, ten miles north of Albany. He is a graduate of both Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y. with a BS in Finance, and from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, with an MBA in Management. He has had a varied career, first as a commercial banker, then as the chief accountant and manager of financial and strategic planning for a large division of a major international corporation. He has extensive international experience, traveling worldwide.Barrett has also served as the first executive director for economic development for a county in New York State, and as the first lay director for a Catholic shrine in Massachusetts. For the last thirty years, he has served as a financial, strategic planning, and educational consultant to corporations, non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, and government agencies.Barrett continues to live in Troy and has been married to his wife, Sandy, for 53 years this year. They have three children, Sean, Eileen, and Ryan, and four grandchildren, Shannon, Caden, Megan, and Declan. An avid reader, and inspired by numerous authors, Barrett has read almost 3,400 books in the last fifteen years which has helped him craft his two series and eight books.