Luck

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Tragicomedy exploring death, fate, and women's resilience.

If you're drawn to stories that weave humor and despair to explore the complexities of life, "Luck" could resonate with you. Joan Barfoot's masterful narrative delves into the lives of three distinct women as they confront an unexpected death. It's an insightful look at how we deal with grief and the absurdities life throws at us, all served with a side of sharp wit that might just be your kind of comfort read in discomforting times.

  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Luck

Regular price RM33.13 MYR
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RM29.82 MYR Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9780676977011
Authors: Joan Barfoot
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Date of Publication: 2006-06-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 3.17
(rated by 436 readers)

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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
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Tragicomedy exploring death, fate, and women's resilience.

If you're drawn to stories that weave humor and despair to explore the complexities of life, "Luck" could resonate with you. Joan Barfoot's masterful narrative delves into the lives of three distinct women as they confront an unexpected death. It's an insightful look at how we deal with grief and the absurdities life throws at us, all served with a side of sharp wit that might just be your kind of comfort read in discomforting times.

  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.