false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171906675m/125897.jpg 125897 3 Award-winning author Miriam Toews's first novel tells the heartwarming story of two young mothers who set off on an adventure all their own, relying on luck, pluck, and friendship. Eighteen-year-old Lucy and her flamboyant friend Lish are two of the single moms who live in Have-a-Life, a housing project for single mothers better known as <I>Half</I>-a-Life. Lucy has no idea who the father of her son is, while Lish still pines for the father of her twins. Fathers aren't around much at the project. They're mostly the kind of people whose heads get cut out of pictures. Life is tough for Lucy and Lish: Little Red Wagons and cheap strollers are the only way to get to and from the grocery store, and it's hard to make ends meet. So when Lish suggests a harebrained road trip in search of the fire-eater, Lucy can't help but be excited. They borrow a van held together with coat hangers and electrical tape, load it up with kids and clothes, and hit the road. Lucy tells her story in a wry, bittersweet voice that marks her as a literary sister to Nomi Nickel, the beloved narrator of Toews's <I>A Complicated Kindness</I>. 121260 5 7 2006 Summer of My Amazing Luck: A Novel total:166|5:24|4:63|3:60|2:16|1:3| 166 587 257 32 2 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 04 21:49:39 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 02 15:34:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 20:49:03 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 21:26:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 10:22:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 10:56:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 12:05:07 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 25 22:33:28 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:19:49 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:31:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 16:01:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 19:43:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 15:15:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 16:22:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 22 11:07:35 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 11:38:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 18 15:24:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 15:26:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 19 22:05:59 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 22:07:16 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 18:50:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 18:51:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 15:10:25 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 16:09:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 06 12:41:48 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 26 14:50:50 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 06 12:39:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jan 09 09:11:09 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 09:11:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 19 09:16:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 09:16:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 25 07:40:45 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 07:40:56 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 17 21:06:20 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 21:06:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 07 16:48:43 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 09:29:13 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 09:29:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 27 10:07:39 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 27 10:21:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 18 16:28:50 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 26 05:33:41 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 18 16:28:50 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=125897