By Patricia Wood
ISBN-10: 0399154493
ISBN-13: 9780399154492
Perry's IQ is simply seventy six, yet he is not silly. His grandmother taught him every thing he must comprehend to outlive: She taught him to put in writing issues down so he will not disregard them. She taught him to play the lottery a week. And, most vital, she taught him whom to belief. whilst Gram dies, Perry is left orphaned and bereft on the age of thirty-one. Then his weekly Washington kingdom Lottery price ticket wins him 12 million money, and he reveals he has extra kinfolk than he is familiar with what to do with. Peopled with characters either depraved and heroic who jump off the pages, Lottery is a deeply gratifying, gorgeously rendered novel approximately belief, loyalty, and what distinguishes us as able.
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I wear jeans and a flannel shirt with an undershirt. ” Gram asks. ” I lift up my shirt and check. ” Gram says only low-class people go without undershirts. I definitely like undershirts. Everett is too cold to be naked under a shirt anytime of the year even with a jacket. I am a good cook. I make oatmeal and other stuff too, like macaroni and cheese, hamburger casserole, and toasted tuna sandwiches. Gram used to do all the cooking, but now she sits at the kitchen table, works on her crossword puzzle, and tells me what to do.
It does not mean you will feed the birds, only that you would like to. She buys me big black books from the school supply aisle at Kmart. I remember the first one I got. ” I asked. ” The pages were blank. I thumbed through each one to make sure. Nothing. 24 Patricia Wood “It’s a journal. A scrapbook for words. ” Gram poked her skinny finger deep into my shoulder. “What a gyp. ” People use matter of fact when they mean something is highly unlikely or probably untrue. “You need to write, Perry, it will help you remember, develop your mind.
Gram taught me. The first time I washed clothes, I accidentally put her red top with my underpants. “Goddamn, Perry! All your underwear’s pink! So are my bras. Well, that’s okay. I don’t mind pink bras, but you better start growing or you’re going to wear pink underwear for a long, long time. We can’t afford to buy new,” and Gram made me keep them until I needed the next larger size. After that, we used them for rags. Pink underwear is definitely not cool and I would have been embarrassed if anybody found out.
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