| Lucky Strike Contributor(s): Zafris, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 193296116X ISBN-13: 9781932961164 Publisher: Unbridled Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: America has always been the place for seekers to reinvent themselves. The canyon country of Utah in the 1950s is just such a territory, where thousands of self-styled prospectors, encouraged by government pamphlets and naove promises, have caught uranium fever and descended upon the desert landscape, hoping to make their fortunes. Among them, a young widow and her two children embark on just such an adventure--for more complicated and heartrending personal reasons. Along the way they join a throng of colorful, unforgettable characters and form the most unexpected bonds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.1" W x 8.98" (1.05 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Utah - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: ust as she did in her New York Times Notable debut novel, The Metal Shredders, Nancy Zafris follows a colorful cast of characters into uncharted fictional territory, this time landing in the canyon country of the desert Southwest in 1954. For motivations as straightforward as striking it rich to reasons far more complex and counfounding, they each embark on very personal divergent journeys across an unforgiving countryside, even while their quest to find uranium unites them. By turns meditative and funny, frightening, witty and refreshingly wise, Lucky Strike explores the ways that language simply put can mine the inexpressable. In the process, a young widow and her two children learn much about uranium but even more about the nature of the love that binds them. This is a story to touch your heart. |