A review by sonia_reppe
Summer of My Amazing Luck by Miriam Toews

2.0

This barely kept my interest. It's about Canadian Welfare Moms (They call welfare "the Dole," like in England); kind of depressing but not as bleak as A Complicated Kindness by same author, which I didn't even finish reading. The protagonist in this book is stupid, which bored me. She's purposely written as not intelligent, as are most of the other welfare moms in the book. Don't get me wrong—I love stereotypes, but I would've preferred a protagonist who was savvy and intelligent and rose above her circumstances. I guess you could say she had good intentions, but not really, because her motives were selfish. The title is very misleading. Nothing lucky really happens. The "luck" refers to a phrase her mom used to say.