Las Caras de la Suerte / A Handbook to Luck, (Paperback)

from chorn369

Enrique, Marta, and Leila are three young adult immigrants to the U.S. coming of age in the mid-1970s. They live at the margins; Enrique because his father's itinerant career as a magician keeps him and his son on the brink of poverty; Leila because her family is not sure whether to leave Iran, w...

from bcrowl399

Cristina Garcia created some very interesting characters. I was not completely caring what happened to all of them.

from msbaba

A Handbook To Luck, by Christina Garcia, is a lovely novel about the bittersweet roles that luck, coincidence, happenstance, and choice play in our lives. It's a very short novel that feels more like three intertwining novellas. The stories unfold chronologically as we follow three separate prota...

from mostlyliterary

I really liked this book. The characters were interesting - although flawed and not well suited to care for his son, I found the magician to be very likable. His love for his son was palpable, and his struggle to maintain his career took many interesting turns. The other characters also felt very...