'Toews's debut is a tart, affectionate look at welfare mothers...Toews is especially good on the "rollicking, happy, impoverished family" of the projects [and] scathing about the humiliations of poverty.' New York Times
Lucy and her eight-month-old son live in a Winnipeg housing project filled with single mothers on the dole. Still dealing with her own mother's sudden death, and new to the ever-multiplying complications of life on welfare, Lucy strikes up a friendship with her neighbour, Lish. On the whole, they're pretty happy . . . But Lucy wants to make sure they stay happy. And she has a plan.
Told with Toews's signature scalding wit and deep compassion, Summer of my Amazing Luck is a brilliantly funny book about the intricacies of friendship, grief, and poverty.
'[A] picaresque account of two welfare moms having loopy adventures and getting by in the city... The novel's voice [is] amused, warm, curious, alive on the page.' The New Yorker
General
Imprint: |
Faber and Faber
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2019 |
Authors: |
Miriam Toews
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
240 |
Edition: |
New Edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-571-34587-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-571-34587-5 |
Barcode: |
9780571345878 |
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