Matters of Chance: A Novel PB_Gift_Guide Herman Melville also left a

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Matters of Chance: A Novel PB_Gift_Guide Herman Melville also left aMatters of Chance is a glorious, aptivating novel about Morgan and Maude Shurtliff, who fall in love and marry in the years before World WarII. Unable to have children of their own, Morgan and Maude adopt twin girls. The four go home to their beautiful house in the country outside ofNew York City and begin to settle into what they hope will be a long and happy life. When the twins are still young, Morgan is called to serve inWorld War II, leaving