The Lottery

I am in a wonderful book club filled with a group of women that I teach with. We rotate who chooses the book each month, and I really enjoy that method because I get the chance to read books that I typically would never pick up. "The Lottery" is a book I had never even heard of before it showed up on our book club list list.

From the Book Jacket: Perry’s IQ is only 76, but he’s not stupid. His grandmother taught him everything he needs to know to survive: She taught him to write things down so he won’t forget them. She taught him to play the lottery every week. And, most important, she taught him whom to trust. When Gram dies, Perry is left orphaned and bereft at the age of thirty-one. Then his weekly Washington State Lottery ticket wins him 12 million dollars, and he finds he has more family than he knows what to do with. Peopled with characters both wicked and heroic who leap off the pages, Lottery is a deeply satisfying, gorgeously rendered novel about trust, loyalty, and what distinguishes us as capable.

My thoughts: I really enjoyed this book. I quickly fell in love with the characters. This book was an easy quick read that kept me rooting for Perry. And I know this is kind of a weird reason to like a book but the chapters were nice and short and their are just some nights when all I can read is 3 pages. Coming from my perspective as a Special Education teacher I had a really hard time reading the excerpts where Perry was poorly treated in school and am so glad for how far special education servvices have come since that time. I know that I am enjoying a book when I sneak to bed earlier and earlier the deeper I get into a book and right after dinner one night last week Mitch asked me if I was going to go bed! Recommend this book to your friends it is a good one!