{"product_id":"9780571345878-summer-of-my-amazing-luck","title":"Summer of My Amazing Luck","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToews' debut novel, written with her signature wit and compassion, published in the UK for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Toews's debut is a tart, affectionate look at welfare mothers.Toews is especially good on the \"rollicking, happy, impoverished family\" of the projects [and] scathing about the humiliations of poverty.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy and her eight-month-old son live in a Winnipeg housing project filled with single mothers on the dole. Still dealing with her own mother's sudden death, and new to the ever-multiplying complications of life on welfare, Lucy strikes up a friendship with her neighbour, Lish. On the whole, they're pretty happy . But Lucy wants to make sure they stay happy. And she has a plan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with Toews's signature scalding wit and deep compassion, \u003ci\u003eSummer of my Amazing Luck\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly funny book about the intricacies of friendship, grief, and poverty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] picaresque account of two welfare moms having loopy adventures and getting by in the city. The novel's voice [is] amused, warm, curious, alive on the page.' \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30323472597089,"sku":"9780571345878","price":7.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36336521.jpg?v=1760449552","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571345878-summer-of-my-amazing-luck","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}