About the Book

Title: The Second Chance Trailer Park

Author: Katie Powner

Publisher: Alcove Press

Released: July 21, 2026

Genre: General (clean) Humorous Fiction

From award-winning author Katie Powner comes a funny, feel-good novel about a woman discovering her second chance at life. 

This charming and heartfelt story is perfect for readers who loved Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame.

Fifty-two-year-old Meredith McGillicutty is not having a midlife crisis. She’s just ready for a change of pace, that’s all. The fact that she lied to get into a retirement community has nothing to do with being passed over for a promotion at work or her recent breakup with the only man she’s ever loved. 

Nothing. 

Meredith only wants some peace and quiet. To sit on a porch in elastic-waist pants and mingle with other mature individuals who value a life of serenity. But the residents of the Peaceful Pines retirement community have other plans for her. These quirky and endearing neighbors seem to know her better than she knows herself, and they decide Meredith’s life is only just beginning. 

Blending humor and tenderness, The Second Chance Trailer Park will appeal to fans of Fredrik Backman and Lenora Worth.

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About the Author

Katie Powner is an award-winning author who lives in Montana, where cows still outnumber people. She writes contemporary fiction about everyday people, filled with humor and heart, including the Christy Award-winning novels Where the Blue Sky Begins and The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass. Katie is a mom to the third power (biological, adoptive, and foster) who loves candy, Jesus, and red shoes…not necessarily in that order.

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My Impressions

“A person must be fifty-four and a half or married to someone who is to apply to live in Peaceful Pines Trailer Park for Seasoned Adults, the form began.”

“Meredith McGillicutty was neither.”

Ooh, wee!! Bingo!! When Katie Powner starts off her newest novel, The Second Chance Trailer Park, I’m already busting a gut! It could only get better from here! And it does. Tired of the rat race that she chooses to leave behind, deciding she will identify as an old soul, Meredith worms her way into a trailer for senior citizens. What I found hilarious was that the person who is living the biggest lie can ferret out all kinds of trailer park rule violations and turn her neighbors in for them. “Out, out, bleepity log!” I wanted to yell at Meredith as she picks at the motes in others’ eyes! 

You would think life in a senior citizen’s trailer park is dull. Not so this one. At least, certainly not after Meredith moves in. Between her nosiness, her bossiness, and shenanigans that could only occur in a place where people have lost a few inhibitions, wow! I was laughing almost every other minute. Uproariously. Trying to be quiet, but I probably woke any nearby neighbors. 

Oh, yes… Team Patrick or Team Rowdy? I couldn’t decide which to choose, and kept flipping sides throughout the novel. 

As we progress through the book, we begin to see some of the residents, including Meredith, beginning to get a clearer look at themselves through the faithful mirror of friends and loved ones. I loved these character arc growths. Maybe there will be a second chance for Meredith…

If you like to laugh, you NEED to read this book. 

I received a copy of the book from the author and publisher via NetGalley. I also bought my own copy. No positive review was required, and all opinions are my own. 

Notable Quotables:

 “But she didn’t really know who she was these days, apparently. Only who she was trying to be, which was someone like Lois.” ( Meredith)

“We’re going to grow blind and deaf and stubborn as mules together, I promise.” – Meredith [saving this one!!]

“She wanted to want people in her life, but she didn’t want to need them.” ( Meredith)

“Their minds never grew up enough to get a driver’s license. But they’re happy people, as long as their cats are okay.”- ( an amusing couple)

My Rating

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Superior! One of my top two comedy reads so far this year!! I would recommend it to anyone!

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Have you read this book? What did you think? What books are high on your comedy list for this year?