num_pages: 290
description: For readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Nothing to See Here a first novel as suspenseful and funny as it is moving the unforgettable story of a fiercely resilient young man living with a physical disability and his efforts to solve a mystery unfolding right outside his door. Daniel leads a rich life in the university town of Athens Georgia. He's got a couple close friends a steady paycheck working for a regional airline and of course for a few glorious days each Fall college football tailgates. He considers himself to be a mostly lucky guy--despite the fact that he's suffered from a debilitating disease since he was a small child one that has left him unable to speak or to move without a wheelchair.Largely confined to his home Daniel spends the hours he's not online communicating with irate air travelers observing his neighborhood from his front porch. One young woman passes by so frequently that spotting her out the window has almost become part of his daily routine. Until the day he's almost sure he sees her being kidnapped...
language: English
title: How Lucky
publisher: Harper