Издания и произведения

Lucky Us is a brilliantly written, deeply moving, fantastically funny novel of love, heartbreak, and luck by Amy Bloom, the critically acclaimed author of Away. Disappointed by their families, Iris, the hopeful star, and Eva, the sidekick, journey through 1940s America in search of fame and fortune. Iris's ambitions take the pair across the America of Reinvention in a stolen station wagon, from small-town Ohio to an unexpected and sensuous Hollywood, and to the jazz clubs and golden mansions of Long Island. From Brooklyn's beauty parlors to London's West End, a group of unforgettable people love, lie, cheat, and survive in this story of our…

“My father’s wife died. My mother said we should drive down to his place and see what might be in it for us.” So begins this remarkable novel by Amy Bloom, whose critically acclaimed Away was called “a literary triumph” (The New York Times). Lucky Us is a brilliantly written, deeply moving, fantastically funny novel of love, heartbreak, and luck. Disappointed by their families, Iris, the hopeful star and Eva the sidekick, journey through 1940s America in search of fame and fortune. Iris’s ambitions take the pair across the America of Reinvention in a stolen station wagon, from small-town Ohio to an unexpected and sensuous Hollywood,…

Nusivylusios savo šeimomis, apie kino žvaigždės karjerą svajojanti Airisė ir jaunėlė jos sesuo Eva leidžiasi į kelionę po penktojo dešimtmečio Ameriką ieškoti šlovės ir turtų. Vedamos Airisės ambicijų, merginos nuo mažo miestelio Ohajuje nusigauna iki netikėtumų kupino Holivudo, Long Ailando džiazo klubų ir auksinės pakrantės pilaičių. Airisė su Eva sutinka ir įtakingų draugų, ir nevykėlių; joms pasitaiko progų ir suklupti, ir sužibėti šalyje, kurioje netrūksta svajonių, skandalų, išdavysčių, o be to, vyksta karas. Mums pasisekė – nuostabiai parašytas romanas, pasakojantis apie sėkmę ir nesėkmes, laimę ir negandas, gyvenimo malonumus ir…