A review by autumn_alwaysreadingseason
Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran

emotional sad medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Lucky Boy follows two women. Kavya is in her 30s, happy in her marriage to Rishi, but missing something from her life. They have been trying to get pregnant and have not succeeded yet. They weigh their options, using money on fertility treatments that ultimately end up not working. 

Solimar is a young woman who wants to leave her life in Mexico. She finally finds a way to do so, but the journey doesn't go as planned. She meets a boy during her trip and becomes infatuated with him. Unfortunately, they don't both make it to the States. When Soli arrives at her cousin's residence in Berkeley, CA she realizes she is pregnant. Working as a housekeeper for a White family gives her what she needs and has been safe so far for her and baby Ignacio, but one day everything goes wrong.

Soli is taken to a detention center and separated from her son, who ends up with Kavya and Rishi. The lives of these women intersect even though they never meet and only one of them will end up with Ignacio.

Sekaran discusses issues of privilege, immigration, motherhood, and more. 
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