Patricia woods lottery offers a glimpse of the world as seen through the eyes of a man with limited cognitive abilities but boundless generosity of spirit. Review of lottery, a novel by patricia wood the garden island. Paul theroux a wonderful first novel profoundly lovable. Patricia wood studied for her phd at the university of hawaii, focusing on education, disability, and diversity. She lives with her husband aboard a sailboat moored in koolina, hawaii. Lottery has been included in the washington posts best fiction 2007 list and is short listed for the 2008 orange broadband prize for patricia wood was born and raised in seattle, washington she has served in the u. Yet the brilliance of mark haddons novel lay in the way it formed a complex emotional narrative in a voice with limited emotional range. Lottery, her first novel, was inspired by her work, as well as by a number of events in her life, including her fathers winning more about patricia wood. Paul michael a funny, poignant, and wise novel about a very rich underdog who shows everyone just how little his iq says about his smartspublishers web site.
Then his weekly washington state lottery ticket wins him 12 million dollars, and he finds he has more family than he knows what to do with. Lottery was honored to be shortlisted for the 2008 orange broadband prize for fiction in the uk and shortlisted for the cabel first novelist award in the us. Money isnt the same as treasure, and iq isnt the same as smartsan uplifting and joyous new novel hailed by jacqueline mitchard as. In patricia woods debut novel lottery, her narrator is not what those in literary circles would call reliable.
Lottery by patricia wood book cover, description, publication history. Lottery is inspired by her work, as well as a number of events in her life, including her fathers winning the washington state lottery. Money isnt the same as treasure, and iq isnt the same as smartsan uplifting and joyous new novel hailed by jacqueline mitchard as solid gold. Wood wrote the novel in 3 months, and sold it for a reported sixfigure deal. The narrator of the story, perry crandall, is not retarded. Peopled with characters both wicked and heroic who leap off the pages, lottery is a deeply satisfying, gorgeously rendered novel about trust, loyalty, and what distinguishes us as capable.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. This novel about a mildly retarded man who wins the washington state lottery is no forrest gump retreadwe much prefer this admittedly folksy narrator to tom hanks as a mentally. Veteran narrator michael brings his distinct gift for dialogue and vocal mannerisms to woods novel. Army, has worked as a medical technologist, horsebackriding instructor, and most recently as a marine science teacher working with high risk students in honolulu.
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