Lezing Amy Bloom Lucky Us

Posthoornkerk, Amsterdam – Met haar nieuwe boek Lucky Us bewijst Amy Bloom weer dat ze een van Amerika’s meest begaafde literaire stemmen heeft. Het verhaal neemt plaats tijdens de tweede Wereldoorlog. Het boek schuift van verleden naar heden en weer terug als het de half zusjes Eva en Iris volgt op hun reis door Amerika naar Hollywood.
With her new novel, Lucky Us, Amy Bloom, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the NationalBook Critics Circle Award, proves again that she is one of America’s most gifted literary voices. Set in the decade of world War II, in the years between 1939 and 1949, the novel moves from past to future and back again as it follows the half-sisters Eva and Iris on their cross-country journey to Hollywood to pursue Iris’ dream of becoming a starlet. The story is about luck—good as well as bad, the perennial search for fame and fortune and about what makes a family. Bloom’s unique talent for writing an ironic and sometimes devilishly understated narrative will resonate with the reader and make you think about the importance of the people in your own life. “A story of stunning invention,” according to Publisher’s Weekly.