Chances (novel) blackout, a real event that Collins describes in some detail affects all the major characters either directly or indirectly. Gino's story begins in 1921 but backtracks to narrate details of when Gino's parent's, Paulo and Mira Santangelo emigrated to New York City from Italy in 1909 when Gino was three. From an early age, Gino takes to a life of crime, stealing a car at the age of fifteen and ending up in a juvenile home. Chances (novel) Chances is a 1981 novel by Jackie Collins and the first in her "Santangelo" novels series. The novel has three focal points,
Jackie Collins this time, she wrote and produced another miniseries based on the "Lady Boss" novel, with Kim Delaney playing the lead role. Collins' run of best-sellers continued with "American Star" (1993), "Hollywood Kids" (1994), and the fourth Santangelo novel, "" (1996). She was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1993, when she was surprised by Michael Aspel. In 1998, she made a foray into talk show television with the series "Jackie Collins' Hollywood", but this was unsuccessful. She also published the novel "Thrill" (1998) and wrote a four-part series of mini-novels, called "L.A. Connections", to be released in a