The Good Luck of Right Now; Matthew Quick
For thirty-eight years, Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother.
When she gets sick and dies, he has no idea how to be on his own. His
redheaded grief counselor, Wendy, says he needs to find his flock and
leave the nest. But how does a man whose whole life has been grounded in
his mom, Saturday mass, and the library learn how to fly?
Bartholomew thinks he’s found a clue when he discovers a “Free Tibet”
letter from Richard Gere hidden in his mother’s underwear drawer. In
her final days, mom called him Richard—there must be a cosmic
connection. Believing that the actor is meant to help him, Bartholomew
awkwardly starts his new life, writing Richard Gere a series of highly
intimate letters. Jung and the Dalai Lama, philosophy and faith, alien
abduction and cat telepathy, the Catholic Church and the mystery of
women are all explored in his soul-baring epistles. But mostly the
letters reveal one man’s heartbreakingly earnest attempt to assemble a
family of his own.
A struggling priest, a “Girlbrarian,” her feline-loving, foul-mouthed
brother, and the spirit of Richard Gere join the quest to help
Bartholomew. In a rented Ford Focus, they travel to Canada to see the
cat Parliament and find his biological father . . . and discover so much
more.
I definitely want to read this. I'm a big fan of this author!
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