A Handbook to Luck

In the late 60s, three teenagers from around the globe are making their way in the world: Enrique Florit, from Cuba, living in southern California with his flamboyant magician father; Marta Claros, getting by in the slums of San Salvador; Leila Rezvani, a well-to-do surgeon's daughter in Tehran. We follow them through the years, surviving war, disillusionment, and love, as their lives and paths intersect. With its cast of vividly drawn characters, its graceful movement through time, and the psychological shifts between childhood and adulthood, A Handbook to Luck is a beautiful, elegiac, and deeply emotional novel by beloved storyteller Cristina Garc a.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 04/08/2008
ISBN: 9780307276803
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.59d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 05/11/2008 pg. 36
Poder Hispanic 12/01/2008 pg. 54