For readers who crave depth without darkness-The Second Life of Diane Sterling is a clean, redemptive journey of hope, healing, and second chances.Diane Sterling has reached the end of herself. Addicted, isolated, and overwhelmed by guilt, she steps off a San Diego skyscraper-only to open her eyes in 1979, eight years old again.Given an impossible gift, Diane remembers everything: the choices that broke her, the people she lost, and the childhood wounds that never healed. Now she has one chance to walk back through the years that shaped her...and see whether a different future is possible.But every kindness changes something else. Every attempt to "fix" the past reveals how fragile a life truly is. As the line between fate and free will blurs, Diane must confront a truth she never understood the first time around: Healing doesn't come from rewriting the past-it comes from learning to forgive it.Told with honesty, warmth, and emotional insight, The Second Life of Diane Sterling is a profoundly uplifting novel about addiction, forgiveness, and the quiet courage it takes to begin again. Clean, hopeful, and deeply human, this unforgettable story proves that redemption is possible-even when it doesn't look the way we expect.