*"My father's wife died. My mother said we should drive down to his place and see what might be in it for us."* So begins this remarkable novel by Amy Bloom, whose critically acclaimed *Away* was called "a literary triumph" (*The New York Times*). *Lucky Us* is a brilliantly written, deeply mov
Lucky Us
โ Scribed by Joan Silber
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 111 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Once upon a very recent time in New York City, there was a couple, two ordinary single people who met the way city people meet. Even though mismatched, they fell in love. And after some hesitations they decided, finally, to marry-only to look up and find their world caving in around them. Sexy, vivacious Elisa, of the miniskirts and tiny T-shirts, still in art school and just coming off an affair with a temper-driven fellow artist, initiated things. She came on to cool, quiet Gabe who wore his hair in a graying ponytail and kept a low profile. A good bit older than Elisa-more than twenty years older, in fact-he found himself buoyed by her youth and her brashness. To her great surprise, Elisa craved Gabe's watchfulness and solicitude.That Gabe's past included a successful drug dealing business bothered her not at all. And certainly he was unconcerned that Elisa's more current past included a lot of casual sex. Neither of them ever expected to have to answer for what had been so...
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