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Review ------ 2017 Foreword Indies Finalist in Adult Nonfiction― “This book is a beautiful, raw and poignant story of the role of birthing in women’s lives. It takes us on one women’s journey yet it is so real that it is almost impossible to not take it to heart as partly our own." ―Erica Weiss,MD, Obstetrician/Gynecologist, San Francisco, California "So many women today don’t believe that they have choices when it comes to giving birth – but Thais Derich shows us the way in her brave and beautifully written memoir. It is an important and timely story – a memoir full of heartache, resilience, and joy. My hope is that all women considering motherhood will find their way to Thais Derich’s book." ―Melissa Cistaro, author of Pieces of My Mother, a NCIBA Best Nonfiction Book of 2015 winner “I’ve read a lot of book-length birth stories, but Derich’s stands out as especially revealing of the weaknesses in our system.” ―Ina May kin, best-selling author and midwife “An unbiased, highly transparent account of one woman’s journey through the labyrinth of emotions and experiences that can accompany the post-cesarean birthing woman within the U.S.” ―Laquitha Glass, Former President of the International Cesarean Awareness Network “Second Chance is a beautiful telling of a mother’s journey and will be empowering to many women. The ending is so wonderful, I cried.” ―Amy Graff, News Producer for SFGATE.com “A raw and revealing memoir which illuminates the maze of emotions during birth.” ―Maria Iorillo, Licensed Midwife (LM), Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), past first Vice President of the Midwives Alliance of North America and the Chairwoman of the California Association of Midwives Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) About the Author ---------------- Thais Derich was born in Carmel, CA. She is a graduate of California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, and lived for two years in Belgium and France studying French before returning to live in California. After starting her own software training business and traveling the US teaching software at Fortune-500 companies, she and her husband decided to start a family, and she left the business to stay home full-time. While at home, she started a successful food blog, sold her y granola bars at Rainbow Grocery, and wrote Second Chance. Derich is published at Salon, BlogHer, BabyCenter, Literary Mama, Wild Violet Literary Magazine, Forge Journal, SFGate, and the San Francisco Examiner. A chapter of Second Chance was a finalist out of 500 entries for the Creative Non-Fiction Magazine’s baby anthology. She now lives in beautiful Marin County, where she is writing her second book and working at a lovely women’s coworking space called The Hivery. Read more ( javascript:void(0) )