Lucky Us - Softcover

Bloom, Amy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847089399 ISBN 13: 9781847089397

Publisher: Granta Books, 2015

Synopsis

When Eva's mother abandons her on Iris's front porch, the girls don't seem to have much in common - except, they soon discover, a father. Thrown together with no mothers to care for them and a father who could not be considered a parent, Iris and Eva become one another's family. Iris wants to be a movie star; Eva is her sidekick. Together, they journey across 1940s America from scandal in Hollywood to the jazz clubs and golden mansions of Long Island, stumbling, cheating and loving their way through a landscape of war, betrayals and big dreams.

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Review:

'Beautifully written... Scandal, betrayal and heartbreak follow' --'Editor's Choice' preview, Bookseller

'LUCKY US indeed-another Amy Bloom book. And, if it's possible, even more powerful and affecting than her last novel, Away. This is a poignant book that manages to be funny, an unflinching portrait that manages to be tender, a tough story that manages to also have jazz and grace. Bloom is one of those of great writers who keeps stepping into new territory, entirely unafraid. She is one of America's most unique and gifted literary voices' --Colum McCann, author of TransAtlantic

'I always like Amy Bloom's books, and Lucky Us entails a complex relationship between two girls that becomes an even more complex relationship between two women' --'Summer Reads' chosen by Lionel Shriver, Guardian

'What I enjoyed most about reading Lucky Us was that I never knew what was coming on the next page - and it was always brilliant' --Roddy Doyle, author of The Dead Republic

'Lucky Us is a triumph. Bloom is astonishingly deft - whenever you think you've got the novel figured out, she unmoors you with a sudden kink in the narrative. We just may have found this year's Gone Girl/50 Shades of Grey' **** --Irish Independent

'What I enjoyed most about reading Lucky Us was that I never knew what was coming on the next page - and it was always brilliant' --Roddy Doyle, author of The Dead Republic

'This is a novel of enormous charm; deeply touching about the unspoken love between sisters, and often very funny. Bloom is bliss' --The Times

'What I enjoyed most about reading Lucky Us was that I never knew what was coming on the next page - and it was always brilliant' --Roddy Doyle, author of The Dead Republic

'This is a novel of enormous charm; deeply touching about the unspoken love between sisters, and often very funny. Bloom is bliss' --The Times

'What I enjoyed most about reading Lucky Us was that I never knew what was coming on the next page - and it was always brilliant' --Roddy Doyle, author of The Dead Republic

'The literary equivalent of sunlight on water - all dazzle and surprise. The story grabs you straight by the heart. Lucky Us sings and sighs in equally exquisite measure, and surely sets Amy Bloom even higher in the firmament of first-rate fiction. If you read only one book this month, make it this' --Jewish Chronicle

'Ambitious and wide-ranging... Bloom is a dab hand at period detail and a sharp, pithy writer. The writing is slick and witty; the plot bowls along at a terrific pace. There is plenty to delight the reader in Bloom's upbeat vision of 1940s America' --Literary Review

'Amy Bloom has a way with eye-catching openings. The optimistic ending is really inevitable, as Lucky Us exists to reassure us that the impossibility of permanence doesn't rule out the possibility of happiness' --'Book of the Week', Herald

'A vibrant yet devastating examination of people and opportunity' --Elle Magazine

'[An] entertaining subversion of what we thought we knew about Hollywood, the second world war, family life and the nature of good luck. Bloom's plot twists are always surprising' --Guardian

'Vivid and deliciously described... Lucky Us is entirely enthralling. It opens with two killer lines, typical of Bloom's startling economy with words and faculty in scene setting' --Irish Times

'Exhilarating... Lucky Us is an unsettling novel, lavish with detail, daringly told. It's powerful images stay with you' --Financial Times

'Vivid and deliciously described... Lucky Us is entirely enthralling. It opens with two killer lines, typical of Bloom's startling economy with words and faculty in scene setting' --Irish Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1847089399
• ISBN 13: 9781847089397
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256