Buy on Amazon. Nana decides to go on a trip to visit her sister in Greensboro, leaving Beth and Logan to tend to the kennel. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Keith asks if the guy looks like what Logan had looked like earlier, but the co-worker says that is not the description of the man at the pool hall. It is Logan Thibault and his dog, Zeus. He also mentions the tree house being very unsafe to Beth. 60 : Addy : Sebastian : A writer. The book starts from Keith Clayton's perspective. Keith realizes he no longer has the upper hand and begins to drink heavily. Logan suggests to Beth that Keith has been the reason why none of her relationships have lasted and tells her about the break-in he had had in his home. The book consists of five stories mainly concerned with the subject of family relationships, about five different people who are loosely connected to each other. He finds the exact location where the picture was taken and knows he is in the right place. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lucky_One_(novel)&oldid=918818529, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 September 2019, at 12:44. We Were the Lucky Ones was born of her quest to uncover her family’s staggering history. He has received a letter from his mother, Nechuma, warning him not to return to Poland because of the threat of invasion by the Nazis. Logan said he would take the information to Keith's family if Keith did not stay out of Beth's business. He carries the photo in his pocket and soon wins a streak of poker games, then survives a battle that kills two of his closest buddies. Create a Reading Habit: How to Read More Books and Love It, 27 Highly Readable Books to Jumpstart Your Reading Habit. Keith is a local police officer. In the epilogue it becomes apparent that Keith died and Logan survives. The one who gave chocolates to Felicia. Victor also believes in omens and superstitions and is the one who slowly convinces Logan the picture and the girl in the picture are powerful to Logan and the picture may have a deeper meaning in Logan's life. It is then mentioned that Logan liked to go for early morning runs while in the Middle East and one day he came upon a picture half buried in the sand. Logan informs Beth that Victor died when another boat hit their boat. Keith tries to go to the tree house but falls through the rotten wood and breaks his ribs and clings to rope bridge as well. Instead of wanting to be with Ben, Keith wants to be out looking for Logan to make him pay for what he did. His luck then begins to change. We Were the Lucky Ones is the incredible story of the members of one Jewish family in Poland during World War II--parents, five grown children and their spouses, and their young children--each struggling for survival as the world crumbles around them, sometimes ripping them from their family at a moment's notice. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. He asks Logan where he is going and states he is heading to Arden. It is first noticed when his friend in his squad, Victor, encourages him to join in a poker game that night. He and Beth begin a passionate love affair, but the secret of the photo soon threatens to tear them apart, and by continued interference in their lives by Beth's ex-husband, the town's Sheriff and son of town's most eminent person and businessman—destroying not only their deep and true passionate, romantic love but also their very lives. One of my best reads of 2018. And in the final story, "Matters of Life and Death", Vanessa (one of Barbara's neighbours) discovers that her husband has been having an affair and is preparing to leave her; while a chance meeting prompts her to take an interest in Kirsty's case. Despite the allusions to such themes made in the novel, Sparks admitted that he does not necessarily believe in either. This was not only edge-of-my-seat reading (all the more so knowing that many of the events actually happened), but it was one of the most informative World War II books I've read about the Jewish experience in Poland during the war. Zeus saves Ben. The novel begins in Paris where Addy, middle son of the Kurc family, is living as a composer. Logan also plays the piano in church for Nana and the town begins to admire Logan, and even Keith's grandfather praises Ben, deepening Keith's hatred of Logan. It slowly becomes known that Keith Clayton is the ex-husband of Beth, and the father of Ben. Keith thinks he has begun to convince Beth and is in high spirits. U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman half-buried in the dirt during his first deployment in the Iraq War. "Mrs Daley's Daughter" concerns Barbara Daley (the mother of another of the friends), who fails to recognise and understand her daughter's. Reviewed by: Fran Hawthorne. Logan ends up closer to Keith and Keith clings to Logan dragging him under when the whole tree house collapses and Logan and Keith disappear into the abyss. Dr. Baum: Victor's physician. Keith spies on Beth and Logan and is enraged. The Lucky Ones is a 2003 collection of short stories written by British author Rachel Cusk. Elizabeth (Beth) is next introduced in the story. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Robert : In-charge of the incoming telegrams. Logan tells Keith he knows it was Keith who broke into his home and bluffs that he has a video recording of the break in. It comes to light that his dad and grandfather are well known in the town and Keith is stuck between keeping out of trouble and his family being able to get him out of trouble due to their status in town. Beth goes to Logan's home and he tells her everything. He gives the camera (from which he removed the memory disk) to the college girls. While I had to pause for a moment at the start of each chapter and orient myself (because each chapter moves to a different family member), the experiences and emotions kept me rooted in the story with no confusion--a feat, considering the number of characters. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Beth is skeptical and decides to have Nana talk with Logan. Later, there is a storm that comes through Hampton and it rains for days/weeks and the area begins to flood. Keith becomes concerned as his father is the local Sheriff and his grandfather is a local judge. Logan and Zeus arrive and try to help, as well. That means if you click and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission. One of them leaves the beach and comes upon Keith who is supposed to be on duty. When they arrive at the tree house it has partially collapsed and Ben was in the creek running under the tree house clinging to the rope bridge. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. ", Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lucky_Ones_(book)&oldid=901873508, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Confinement" concerns Kirsty, a young pregnant woman who is serving a, "The Way You Do It" sees Martin, a male friend of one of Kirsty's legal representatives, spending a holiday in. Back home in Colorado, Thibault begins to believe that the woman in the photo somehow holds the key to his destiny. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Reviewing the book for The Guardian, John Mullan, senior lecturer in English at University College London was positive about the collection, describing the connected stories as using "a technique of passing, sometimes accidental, connection, reminiscent of a Robert Altman film". Keith is concerned Logan saw everything that had happened and tries to find a way to take Logan in. It comes up that Beth's grandmother, Nana, recently had a stroke and Beth has been helping her run the dog kennel/obedience school Nana owns. 59 : Jakob and Bella : Victor : Jacob's son. What’s the perfect book to start your reading habit? Author(s): Georgia Hunter. Keith tells Ben to tell Beth it wasn't his fault, but it's apparent Keith threw a baseball too hard and it hit Ben in the face. Zeus becomes defensive and Logan tells Keith to leave. He applies for a position at the kennel and Beth becomes suspicious due to the half told story Logan tells her. An extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. The story then goes back further into Logan's life as he reflects on his walking all the way from Colorado and even further back as to why he decided to join the Marines. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. When the story changes to Logan's perspective, he is in the car with the three college girls who picked him up when he indicated he wanted to hitch a ride. Keith goes to the school where Beth works and convinces Beth that Logan is a stalker. Pages: 416. The book consists of five stories mainly concerned with the subject of family relationships, about five different people who are loosely connected to each other. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Keith receives a phone call from a co-worker, Tony, who says a stranger has a picture of Beth at a local pool hall and was asking about her. Keith tells her he was going to take her to court to obtain full custody of Ben if she doesn't follow his rules. The Lucky One is a 2008 romance novel by American writer Nicholas Sparks. Beth expresses her frustration about Keith's disappointment in Ben as Ben is not as athletically inclined as other boys of his age. He hides the camera and talks with the girls about their breaking the law by nude bathing. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. [...] In the end, when writing The Lucky One, I wanted to explore the subject of fate or destiny, but in a way that reflected the reality of the world."[1]. Keith during this conversation tries to convince Beth that she knows nothing about Logan and this could dangerous. Keith is disappointed and decides to do nothing about man with the picture. Ben continues to carry the photo around for good luck. Beth finally realizes Ben had run to the tree house and both Keith and Beth struggle to get to the tree house through the flooding and rain. Caught off guard by the attraction he feels, Thibault keeps the story of the photo and his luck a secret. Beth is also a teacher at a local school. Over the next few weeks Logan (and Zeus) becomes closer with Nana, Beth and Ben. Georgia’s site, www.georgiahunterauthor.com, offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the extensive research this project has entailed. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety. Ben has a bruise on his face and his glasses are broken. He lets them go. In "The Sacrifice", an unnamed woman (the sister of another of the solicitor's friends) recalls her broken marriage during a visit to her childhood home. Hunter’s grandfather, Addy Kurc, came from a family of Jews in Radom, Poland. Ben convinces Logan to go to his tree house and Logan realizes it is no longer safe because of the flooding. Keith does not notice Logan initially, but when he does he demands to know what Logan is doing there. This post may include affiliate links. New York: Penguin Random House, 2018. The story is fictionalized but based on the real experiences of the author's own family, and this is how you do "based on a true story" fiction.