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    Commentary: After divorce, a miscarriage and career false starts, my LA life surprised me

    by Alexis Landau, Los Angeles Times Apr 23, 2024 4 minutes
    Yellow blooms of black mustard blanket a hillside in Elysian Park in spring, the season of renewal.

    At 46, I’ve made some sense of my life by thinking about it as a story of second chances. If my evil twin were the author, it would be a string of dead ends — of not being a good enough writer, mother, wife, daughter, friend, teacher, sister (the list is endless). But I see my life as an endorsement of second chances. Almost everything that defines me happened because I failed and then tried again.

    My first marriage was an early one. I was 23, lacking all confidence, and had moved to London for my boyfriend. At the Chelsea Old Town Hall I clutched a bouquet from my best friend, Lexy, the only person

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