Lucky You: A Novel
by Erika Carter
Buy on AmazonAn NPR Best Book of 2017 "A chillingly adroit debut novel." —Elle “Lucky You is a marvel of a book, partly because Carter does a perfect job balancing humor and tragedy . . . As an author, she’s both unsparing and compassionate, and among her greatest gifts is an ability to find a savage kind of beauty in the unlikeliest of places.” —Michael Schaub, NPR Ellie, Chloe, and Rachel are friends (sort of), waitresses at the same dive bar in the Arkansas college town they’ve stuck around in too long, each becoming unmoored in her own way.…
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"Erika Carter’s debut novel revolves around Ellie, Chloe and Rachel, three sort-of-friends navigating their 20s in Fayetteville, Ark., who drink maybe too much and attempt to have relationships with a series of unfortunate men. It’s a charming, understated novel that perfectly captures the feeling of being young, depressed and adrift. Carter is both unsparing and compassionate, and among her greatest gifts is an ability to find a savage kind of beauty in the unlikeliest of places."
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