“The stories are compelling, and the analytical chapters do a good job connecting contemporary developments with the existing anthropology of HIV/AIDS…. Recommended.” - M. M. Heaton (Choice) “<i>Second Chances</i> is recommended reading for anyone interested in the experiences of people with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. This is also a good book for anyone who is thinking about health systems. One of Whyte’s points that I found particularly important is that people do not simply access treatment, but achieve it.” - Anita Chary (Global Health Hub) “This is a unique study because it focuses on individuals and how disease and health care affects them. It provides a glimpse at a culture that is rarely covered, as well. Academic libraries supporting social sciences and health sciences programs will want to add this fascinating look at HIV/AIDS from a singular perspective to their collections."  - Barbara Bibel (Library Journal) “Readers familiar with the work of Susan Reynolds Whyte and her colleagues will not be disappointed in this compelling book. In the end, the lesson of <i>Second Chances</i> is that reliance on ‘contingent sociality’ means that not everyone who needs ARTs can get them. The chance for a second chance, therefore, is inherently fragile and unequal. Reynolds Whyte and colleagues offer no solutions, but the moving stories of survival and striving for both a living and a life remind us of the work that remains” - Janet W. McGrath (Medical Anthropology Quarterly) "<i>Second Chances</i> is an excellent source of health narratives about negotiating HIV status in Uganda. <i>Second Chances</i> will naturally interest anthropologists of East Africa, HIV and biosociality." - Jason Johnson Peretz (Somatosphere) "<i>Second Chances</i> offers a rigorous and vivid look at the first generation of Ugandans with AIDS to have relatively wide access to antiretroviral therapy . . . . The book is a compelling chronicle of the terms of this 'life sentence'." - Tyler Zoanni (Social Anthropology)