Second Chance in The Hague

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>'Three miles away at Scheveningen the grey beach was bleak unvisited the daylight fading. It was getting colder. Why linger? There was nothing out there but the cold North Sea stroking the land. In the town there would be bustle conversation connections chances to not be alone.'</em></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Stefan owns an art gallery in The Hague. The business is doing ok but his life is going nowhere.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Freelance journalist Anna has quit her corporate job in search of something more fulfilling.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Art school student Nikki works part-time at Stefan's gallery and hopes for a breakthrough exhibition; her friends Petra and Suzanna are hoping for the same but things are not going their way.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Established local artist Matthijs reaches a turning point in his fifties.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Second chances come and go but will they be taken?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>David Kintore's beguiling debut novel flows beautifully through the art world.</span></p>