The Good Luck of Right Now - Softcover

Quick, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062285610 ISBN 13: 9780062285614

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks, 2015

Synopsis

From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, comes The Good Luck of Right Now, a funny and tender story about family, friendship, grief, acceptance, and Richard Gere--an entertaining and inspiring tale that will leave you pondering the rhythms of the universe and marveling at the power of kindness and love.

For thirty-eight years, Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother. When she gets sick and dies, he has no idea how to be on his own. His redheaded grief counselor, Wendy, says he needs to find his flock and leave the nest. But how does a man whose whole life has been grounded in his mom, Saturday mass, and the library learn how to fly?

Bartholomew thinks he's found a clue when he discovers a "Free Tibet" letter from Richard Gere hidden in his mother's underwear drawer. In her final days, mom called him Richard--there must be a cosmic connection. Believing that the actor is meant to help him, Bartholomew awkwardly starts his new life, writing Richard Gere a series of highly intimate letters. Jung and the Dalai Lama, philosophy and faith, alien abduction and cat telepathy, the Catholic Church and the mystery of women are all explored in his soul-baring epistles. But mostly the letters reveal one man's heartbreakingly earnest attempt to assemble a family of his own.

A struggling priest, a "Girlbrarian," her feline-loving, foul-mouthed brother, and the spirit of Richard Gere join the quest to help Bartholomew. In a rented Ford Focus, they travel to Canada to see the cat Parliament and find his biological father . . . and discover so much more.

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Review:

"Winningly madcap."--"Entertainment Weekly"

"Quirky, compelling....Reads rather like "A Confederacy of Dunces" removed 1,200 miles northeast. As with that novel, it's impossible to come away unamused by "The Good Luck of Rights Now"'s kindhearted presentation of the misadventures of a damaged soul."--"Philadelphia Inquirer"

""The Good Luck of Right Now" will inspire and entertain with the power of kindness, love and even the universe....a very enjoyable read for me, so much so that I delayed reading the final chapters not wanting it to end."--"Burlington Times-News"

"A gratifying romp....Fans of "The Silver Linings Playbook" know Quick's penchant for emotionally troubled, big-hearted characters, and "Good Luck" will satisfy those readers and new ones alike."--"People" (Three Stars)

"THE GOOD LUCK OF RIGHT NOW has everything I relish in a story: a flawed but sympathetic protagonist, a page-turning plot, and a cast of emotionally scarred characters for whom I rooted wholeheartedly. I loved this novel from its quirky and unconventional opening to its poignant, tear-inducing conclusion."--Wally Lamb, author of "We are Water" and "Wishin' and Hopin"'

"Tender, appealing...funny and satisfying."--"Cleveland Plain Dealer" on "The Silver Linings Playbook"

"Quick, the author of "The Silver Linings Playbook," provides another offbeat gem populated with eccentric, fallible, intensely human characters....Humor, pathos, and quirky bends in the road define they odyssey, making it increasingly clear that it is all about the journey, not the destination."--"Booklist"

Quirky, feel-good fiction .A whimsical, clever narrative. --"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)"

Often marked as crazy by those around them, [Quick s] oddball protagonists say out loud-and act upon-thoughts many of us have had, if perhaps kept inside .[With] "The Good Luck of Right Now," Quick has done it again. --"Nashville Tennessean""

A quirky coming-of-age story .Quick writes with an engaging intimacy, capturing his narrator s innocence and off-kilter philosophy, and the damaged souls in orbit around him. --"Publishers Weekly""

Book Description:

From the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, a funny and tender story about family, friendship, grief, love and . . . Richard Gere.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062285610
• ISBN 13: 9780062285614
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304