03116cam a2200325 4500 523570677 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781984842596 1984842595 dd167a35-b155-4ea2-9c4b-6c78dd0880a7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4197441 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Beattie, Ann. A Wonderful Stroke of Luck [Libby] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2019. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 250MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 250MB. Fiction. Literature. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:<b>Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2019 by <i>Vulture</i>, <i>The Millions</i>, <i>The Observer</i>, and <i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i><br /> <br /> A razor-sharp, deeply felt new novel—the twenty-first book by Ann Beattie—about the complicated relationship between a charismatic teacher and his students, and the secrets we keep from those we love</b><br /> <br /> At a boarding school in New Hampshire, Ben joins the honor society led by Pierre LaVerdere, an enigmatic, brilliant, yet perverse, teacher who instructs his students not only about how to reason, but how to prevaricate. As the years go by, LaVerdere's covert and overt instruction lingers in his students' lives as they seek some sense of purpose or meaning. When Ben feels the pace of his life accelerating and views his intimate relationships as less and less fulfilling, there seems to be a subtext he's not able to access. And what, really, did Bailey Academy teach him?<br /> <br /> While relationships with his stepmother and sister improve, and a move to upstate New York offers respite from his anxiety about love and work, LaVerdere's reappearance in his life disturbs his equilibrium. Everything he once thought he knew about his teacher—and himself—is called into question. Written by one of our most iconic writers, known for casting a cold eye on her generation's ambivalence and sometimes mistaken ambition, <i>A Wonderful Stroke of Luck</i> is a keenly observed psychological study of a man who alternates between careful driving and hazardous risk taking, as he struggles to incorporate his past into the vertiginous present. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. Heyborne, Kirby. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4197441-AWonderfulStrokeOfLuck.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=dd167a35-b155-4ea2-9c4b-6c78dd0880a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4197441-AWonderfulStrokeOfLuck.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=dd167a35-b155-4ea2-9c4b-6c78dd0880a7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)