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The Trials and Tribulations of Lucas Lessar
Shauna Seliy
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Paperback. It is 1974 - the year Lucas Lessar turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There used to be mines all along the Pittsburg coal seam, but now there's only one left: King Mine, where Lucas' father Jimmy was blown up a few years back. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280. 272 pages. It is 1974 - the year Lucas Lessar turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There used to be mines all along the Pittsburg coal seam, but now there's only one left: King Mine, where Lucas' father Jimmy was blown up a few years back. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 19. Weight: 280.
Lucas Lessar's great-grandfather arrived in Pennsylvania with a handful of pear seeds and a pocketful of introductions with which to make his fortune - and one name on his lips. He has told this story every Christmas, as Lucas' sprawling family throws kutya up to the ceiling to see if it will stick and bring good luck, and share shots of homemade pear brandy from the enchanted tree outside. But this year is different. It is 1974: the year Lucas turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There ... Read more
Lucas Lessar's great-grandfather arrived in Pennsylvania with a handful of pear seeds and a pocketful of introductions with which to make his fortune - and one name on his lips. He has told this story every Christmas, as Lucas' sprawling family throws kutya up to the ceiling to see if it will stick and bring good luck, and share shots of homemade pear brandy from the enchanted tree outside. But this year is different. It is 1974: the year Lucas turns thirteen. The year his mother Mirjana disappears. The year Zoli from the plate-glass factory goes mad for love. There ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747591962
SKU
V9780747591962
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About Shauna Seliy
Shauna Seliy's work has appeared in The New Orleans Review, Meridian and Other Voices. The Trials and Tribulations of Lucas Lessar is her first novel. She grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and lives in New York.
Reviews for The Trials and Tribulations of Lucas Lessar
'Seductively written and perfectly paced, this story about a boy's quest for his troubled mother is as insightful and big-hearted as the child at its centre' Jim Lynch, author of The Highest Tide 'Seliy is an enormously talented writer, and it is impossible not to fall in love with this book' Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Prep