Selected for The Globe 100 Books in 2013.
In The Truth about Luck, Iain Reid, author of the highly popular
coming-of-age memoir One Bird's Choice, accompanies his grandmother on
a five-day vacation -- which turns out to be a "staycation" at his
basement apartment in Kingston. While the twenty-eight-year-old writer
is at the beginning of his adult life, his ninety-two-year-old
grandmother is nearing the end of hers. Between escorting his grandma to
local attractions and restaurants, the two exchange memories and she
begins to reveal details of her inspiring life story.
Told with subtlety, humour, and heart, this delightful comic memoir
reflects on family connections; how we experience adversity, the passage
of time, and aging; and most importantly what it truly means to feel
lucky.