Lottery
Book description
Money isn't the same as treasure, and IQ isn't the same as smarts-An uplifting and joyous new novel hailed by Jacqueline Mitchard as "solid gold."
Perry L. Crandall knows what it's like to be an outsider. With an IQ of 76, he's an easy mark. Before his grandmother died, she…
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I loved the novel’s unforgettable narrator, Perry L. Crandall, who has an IQ of 76.
A masterpiece of narrative voice, Lottery is easily the most engulfing book I’ve read in ten years. (I had a beloved sister with developmental disabilities and expected to be reduced to mush by page 5, but instead I was filled with joy.) The story follows Perry and his loathsome, money-grubbing sibs after Perry wins a boatload of dough in the state lottery.
This book is not what you think it will be, in about a million ways, and the ending is a heart-filling surprise. It…
From Monica's list on literary reads that contain surprises.
I absolutely love this book. Lottery takes us on the journey of a young man who, to quote the book, “isn’t retarded.” “Because Reader’s Digest wrote retarded is an IQ of 75 or below but Perry L Crandall, well his IQ is 76. So he is not retarded.”
Perry has a kind heart but is oblivious to the ulterior motives of his family. Before his grandmother passes, she teaches him who to trust, to learn words and write them down and how to play the lottery. After his grandmother passes, Perry wins the lottery and soon his family descends on…
From Marc's list on to let go and let God.
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