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Оглавление“What a wild ride this book is. The characters are plucky, sympathetic, and memorable, the situations sometimes laugh-out-loud funny and sometimes bittersweet, and the pacing just right. Zafris is a keen observer of the human comedy.”
—Library Journal, starred
“Likable and thought-provoking . . . another winner.”
—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Laced with quiet tongue-in-cheek humor and told from multiple viewpoints, the adventures of this quirky cast of characters makes for a warm-hearted, entertaining read.”
—The Denver Post
“Her gift is blending unique characters with vivid settings.”
—The Winston-Salem Journal
“The search for a fresh start is a classic American story, and one that Zafris makes new with this novel. . . . Low-key but persuasive, this period piece evokes the innocence of an earlier era and underscores the desperation and hope of the eclectic bunch this mom and her kids meet in their pursuit of the new gold.” —Goodhousekeeping.com/The Book Babes
“Funny and touching.”
—Pages Magazine
“Zafris . . . invests her offbeat material with deep emotion and tragic undertones. Charlie’s debilitating illness and the effects of uranium poisoning (unknown at the time) sit in counterpoint to the loopy banter and endearing cast of characters. Like Marianne Wiggins’ quirky, superb Evidence of Things Unseen, this novel is both disturbing and hypnotic.”
—Booklist, starred
“Comic and darkly ironic.”
—Southwest Bookviews
“In this lovely book, Zafris finds power in the slow, mute strangeness of everyday anxiety, the blossoming of hope in a barren desert and the terrible irony of what uranium means to those who seek it.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Zafris’ writing lets emotions and memories penetrate each other the way they do in ordinary thought, though seldom in fiction. Sometimes you have to go back and see what’s really being said . . . Yet each of Zafris’ sentences is as sharp-edged as a miner’s pick, and to have to reread one occasionally is a pleasure.”
—Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
“Zafris’s dry sense of humor runs through the story, a counterpoint to the poignancy of Charlie’s illness, the desperation of the uranium seekers, and the not-yet-understood danger of radiation poisoning. The sinister, thrilling mushroom cloud of the bomb casts its shadow over everything. Lucky Strike is a quirky novel that rewards careful reading.”
—The Boston Globe
“All learn that love and friendship endure beyond fortune. In Zafris’ disturbing and ironic novel, the universe operates under skies where the laws of atomic energy are highly visible . . . [the ending] haunts long after the reader puts the book down.”
—The Oregonian
“Eerie . . . [a] noir-tinged adventure story . . . One could read Lucky Strike as a historical portrait of a time and place. All the realistic details, though, reverberate with unsettling implications. The characters don’t know how poisonous their environment is, but readers know—and dread the future effects on the characters of the uranium they long to find.”
—The Columbus Dispatch
“Vibrant and original. Those who find themselves reading Lucky Strike . . . will be more than grateful for their own good fortune.”
