Book of the Month–March 2015
The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
Bartholomew Neil has lived his entire with his mother. Now 38, he has never held a job and has no friends. When his mother becomes ill and dies, Bartholomew is on his own for the first time. Finding a form letter from Richard Gere in his mother’s possessions and recalling her fondness for the movie Pretty Woman, Bartholomew decides that the actor may be able to help and begins writing to him.
As Bartholomew struggles to find himself, his world becomes populated with other misfits. He begins seeing a grief councelor but soon realizes that she can’t even solve her own problems. Father McNamee, the now-defrocked priest devoted to his mother, soon moves into the empty house where he spends his time drinking and praying. Bartholomew also becomes close to Max, a profane, cat-loving member of his therapy group and his sister Elizabeth, the librarian Bartholomew loves from afar.
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About the Author
Matthew Quick was born in 1973. He grew up in Philadelphia and Oaklyn, New Jersey. After graduating from La Salle University with a degree in English and eduction, he taught high school until 2004 when he left teaching to become a writer. His first book The Silver Linings Playbook was published in 2008 and made into an Academy Award winning film in 2012. He has also written several YA novels including Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock.
Read Alikes
If you liked The Good Luck of Right Now, you may enjoy:
Other books by Matthew Quick:
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
• eAudiobook
• eBook
The Silver Linings Playbook
• eAudiobook
• eBook
Sorta Like a Rock Star
• eAudiobook
Other Fiction:
Buzz Aldin, What Happened to You in All the Confusion? by Johan Harstad
Double Feature by Owen King
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Non-Fiction
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
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