Are We Lucky Yet? (Paperback)

"Comedy alongside heartache, these stories croon honky-tonk ballads after closing-time. They wade in loss but keep scanning for a Coast Guard rescue copter. Astute about the nuances of sliding social class, the stories are tough, direct, grimly funny .... The writing is adult: it acknowledges how much has been lost already. But the tone remains fresh with sweet (or bruising) sensation. Every character comes rigged with a crazed belief-as the title suggests-that Luck is still somehow bound this way-after an unexpected delay in another time-zone .... The tales are set in trailer suburbia. But their actions seem played out across the Wal-Mart parking lot's only clover-covered median. Sexual relief can be found, but out near the dumpsters of a closed strip-mall steak house .... The writer's steadying empathy and talent for doom, drive the characters toward reckless chance-takings. This creates a tender suspense as hard to shake as the stories' betraying faith in Luck itself." Allan Gurganus, Citation for Runner Up in The Grace Paley Prize Competition.

General

Imprint:	Press 53
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	October 2009
Authors:	Jane Bradley
Dimensions:	140 x 216 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	152
ISBN-13:	978-0-9825760-0-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	0-9825760-0-5
Barcode:	9780982576007

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