num_pages: 180
description: From the author of Hild a fierce and urgent autobiographical novel about a woman facing down a formidable foe.So Lucky is the sharp surprising new novel by Nicola Griffiththe profoundly personal and emphatically political story of a confident woman forced to confront an unnerving new reality when in the space of a single week her wife leaves her and she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.Mara Tagarelli is professionally the head of a multi-million-dollar AIDS foundation; personally a committed martial artist. But her life has turned inside out like a sock. She can't rely on family her body is letting her down and friends and colleagues are turning awaythey treat her like a victim. She needs to break that narrative: build her own community learn new strengths and fight. But what do you do when you find out that the story youve been told the story youve told yourself is not true? How can you fight if you cant trust your body? Who can you rely on if those around you dont have your best interests at heart and the systems designed to help do more harm than good? Mara makes a decision and acts but her actions unleash monsters aimed squarely at the heart of her new community.This is fiction from the front lines incandescent and urgent a narrative juggernaut that rips through sentiment to expose the savagery of Americas treatment of the disabled and chronically ill. But So Lucky also blazes with hope and a ferocious love of self of the life that becomes possible when we stop believing lies.
language: English
title: So Lucky
publisher: FSG Originals