A dark, humorous exploration of life, death, and luck.
This book could be a good read for you if you enjoy delving into the intricacies of human emotions and the complexities of relationships. With its dark humor and wry insights, "Luck" offers a unique perspective on life, death, and luck itself. Through the interwoven narratives of three women, you'll be taken on a journey of mourning, secrets, and uncomfortable revelations. This book will keep you engaged as it explores themes of love, fundamentalism, and the unpredictability of luck. Get ready for a thought-provoking read that will leave you contemplating the nature of luck long after you've finished the last page.
ISBN: 9780676977011
Authors:
Joan Barfoot
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Date of Publication: 2006-06-27
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.17
(rated by 436 readers)
Description
“There is good luck, and there is bad luck, and then there’s the ambiguous sort of luck that’s a lot of this and some of the other.”Philip Lawrence, a robust and pleasure-loving furniture-maker, dies suddenly at the age of forty-six. Though that’s terribly young by most standards, he’s lucky to have passed presumably peacefully in his sleep. Less fortunate, however, are the three women he leaves behind to make sense of his loss.There’s Nora, his wife of seventeen years, who wakes up next to his dead body. A fiery visual artist, Nora’s feminist re-interpretation of biblical themes stoked fundamentalist outrage from her small-town neighbours. Now, as her emotions run the gamut, she must confront solo life in a place she despises.Nora shares the house with Sophie, a buxom and bossy redhead, who works as the couple’s housekeeper and personal assistant. A recovering virtue addict, Sophie turns to menial tasks as a way to suppress painful memories of her two-year stint as an overseas aid worker. Philip’s death leaves her quietly reeling.And then there’s the pliable and vacuous Beth, a former beauty queen, who serves as Nora’s live-in muse and model. She mourns not Philip so much as the loss of a haven from her own creepy past.The novel follows the three days immediately after Philip’s death. Privately, each woman deals with memories and emotions, secrets and uncomfortable revelations, while at the same time preparing for the public rituals of mourning (including a funeral like no other). The narrative moves seamlessly from one perspective to another with delicious dark humour and wry insight into the nature of death, love, mourning, fundamentalism and luck.
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