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Lottery was recommended to me by a novelist for whom I have utmost respect, and Kathryn did not disappoint. Perry L. Crandall is an unforgettable character beautifully developed by Patricia Wood because he learns the true meaning of happiness.

He initially lives with Gram, a feisty, uneducated but brilliant woman, who drills no-nonsense life lessons into Perry L. Crandall's head, along with vocabulary words, list making and work ethics. You see, Perry L. Crandall is slow, but he takes an IQ test twice and scores 76, one point above the cutoff point for mental retardation. Lottery is not cluttered with political correctness; a person is mentally retarded, slow or normal, whatever "normal" is. The one point difference in the IQ score is immensely important to Perry when he is mercilessly teased as a child for being a "retard", so much so that Gram pulls him out of school at 13 and teaches him her kind of education at home.

Perry works at a small marine supply store in Everett, Washington, for Gary, a good soul. His best friend is Keith, a Vietnam vet who has PTSD and owns a small sailboat and a beat up truck he calls, "Yo." Why Yo? Simple! Those are the two remaining letters of Toyota! Perry's other friend is Cherry, who works at the marina convenience store.

When Gram dies, Perry's mother, two brothers and their wives swoop in like vultures, strip the modest house and sell it for a substantial price, giving Perry a whopping $500 as his share and abandoning him. Within a few paragraphs, I despise these people to the point at which I start talking out loud, using the salty words that would have caused Gram to wash my mouth with Fels Naptha.

Gary lets Perry stay in a small apartment above the marina. By now, Perry is an adult, who despite being slow, remembers all of Gram's lessons. He and Gram had bought a lottery ticket each week, and he buys tickets from Cherry to continue the tradition. To his utter disbelief and that of his friends, he wins $12M!

Remember the relatives who walked away with barely a goodbye? They put vultures to shame, as they try every underhanded trick to steal Perry's winnings, assuming that he is too retarded to catch on. Between Gram's warnings about the skanky relatives and the wisdom of his friends, Perry L. Crandall thwarts one scheme after another. Again, I realized that I was cheering for Perry and even saying little prayers out loud!

Lottery touched me in so many ways. Perry's boss, Gary, began to ask Perry for advice about expanding his business and was a little surprised when Perry's ideas paid off. Perry, Keith, Cherry, Gary and Gary's family became Perry's family. He was finally treated as an equal by this disparate group of people, who all loved each other. The story, with its gamut of emotions, tore at the heartstrings of this often cynical reader. I will not soon forget a smart, good man named Perry L. Crandall. Thank you, Patricia Wood, for letting me know him.


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Lottery Patricia Wood 9780399154492 Books Reviews

The leading characters in "Lottery" are well drawn and very definitely three-dimensional. Early on, the author establishes an appropriate "tone" for her protagonist, Perry, that shows his thought patterns and rather naive and trusting view of the world without discounting him in anyway.

His grandmother (Gram) raises him right, and while doing so, teaches him a very street-wise view of the world that serves him well when his nasty relations show up later in the book. Gram and her wisdom "make" the book rather like grit serves as the foundation for a pearl.

Perry's trusted friends Keith and Cherry, though each has been "damaged" in some way, enlarge his world and treat him as an everyday person, just like anyone else, in spite of the fact that he is--as he says--a little slow. They look beyond his slowness long enough to find viable (and profitable) ideas they've never dreamt of.

The interaction of these characters as Perry matures makes this a compelling book because it's very easy to feel--as one reads--that he's seeing a true story unfold before his eyes.
As soon as the lottery money was collected, I began to worry about the winner, a proud, lovable but naïve disabled man. Here is an author whose compassion is evident but not sappy. During the entire book we don't know who is really trustworthy but in a few cases we definitely know who is not! A moving and satisfying book from the first page to the last.
Lottery is a book I wished I had written. It's a story about a mentally handicapped boy, Perry, winning a 12 million dollar lottery.
It describes how his adult siblings, who at the beginning of the book want nothing to do with him, systematically take advantage of him. While reading this I got angrier and angrier as the book progressed until I reached the end.
Without giving away the whole plot, the book made me look at life anew. What do we need to be happy in this life? What makes one a good person or a bad? How do we look at the mentally handicapped people? Do we dismiss them as not important? Do we take them seriously, like Perry's friends do, or do we ignore them as his family did before Perry won the lottery.
I got very involved while reading the book. I cheered and blessed Perry's friend and grandma, I cursed his siblings and ached for Perry's inability to stop them from doing their worst.
It is a good read. Any book that makes us think and re evaluate our actions and opinions is a good book. Patricia Wood's "Lottery" does all that.
A sweet but predictable story. The characters are one dimensional. A little more back story would have been good (what about the dad? How did the mom end up dumping the kid and having two more? Timing of how this all went down? And speaking of down, why did gram take this situation lying down? She must have known she wasn’t going to live forever - she could set up a legal guardian?). Also I could never get a visual on any character- 30 years ago Keith was in ‘Nam? So he is 48? How old is Perry? Is he handsome and well built? They all eat crap so I can’t imagine that he is, but maybe. Cherry is 18?
I am not a book critic. I can only say that I enjoyed the book, and when I finished I was disappointed that I would not be sitting down and sharing the life experiences of Perry L. Crandall. Some people might say what he experienced was not plausible, but my only hope is that it could be possible for any person with Perry's limited mental capacity. I have a 34 year daughter whose mental age is that of a 5 year old. Every day I hope her life will be better and more fulfilled than the realistic expectations of the world around her. I hope those reading this will take a chance and read Lottery. It is a page turner with a few surprises. You will meet some very interesting characters and a unique solution contrived by Perry L. Crandall to solve a unique problem.
Lottery was recommended to me by a novelist for whom I have utmost respect, and Kathryn did not disappoint. Perry L. Crandall is an unforgettable character beautifully developed by Patricia Wood because he learns the true meaning of happiness.

He initially lives with Gram, a feisty, uneducated but brilliant woman, who drills no-nonsense life lessons into Perry L. Crandall's head, along with vocabulary words, list making and work ethics. You see, Perry L. Crandall is slow, but he takes an IQ test twice and scores 76, one point above the cutoff point for mental retardation. Lottery is not cluttered with political correctness; a person is mentally retarded, slow or normal, whatever "normal" is. The one point difference in the IQ score is immensely important to Perry when he is mercilessly teased as a child for being a "retard", so much so that Gram pulls him out of school at 13 and teaches him her kind of education at home.

Perry works at a small marine supply store in Everett, Washington, for Gary, a good soul. His best friend is Keith, a Vietnam vet who has PTSD and owns a small sailboat and a beat up truck he calls, "Yo." Why Yo? Simple! Those are the two remaining letters of Toyota! Perry's other friend is Cherry, who works at the marina convenience store.

When Gram dies, Perry's mother, two brothers and their wives swoop in like vultures, strip the modest house and sell it for a substantial price, giving Perry a whopping $500 as his share and abandoning him. Within a few paragraphs, I despise these people to the point at which I start talking out loud, using the salty words that would have caused Gram to wash my mouth with Fels Naptha.

Gary lets Perry stay in a small apartment above the marina. By now, Perry is an adult, who despite being slow, remembers all of Gram's lessons. He and Gram had bought a lottery ticket each week, and he buys tickets from Cherry to continue the tradition. To his utter disbelief and that of his friends, he wins $12M!

Remember the relatives who walked away with barely a goodbye? They put vultures to shame, as they try every underhanded trick to steal Perry's winnings, assuming that he is too retarded to catch on. Between Gram's warnings about the skanky relatives and the wisdom of his friends, Perry L. Crandall thwarts one scheme after another. Again, I realized that I was cheering for Perry and even saying little prayers out loud!

Lottery touched me in so many ways. Perry's boss, Gary, began to ask Perry for advice about expanding his business and was a little surprised when Perry's ideas paid off. Perry, Keith, Cherry, Gary and Gary's family became Perry's family. He was finally treated as an equal by this disparate group of people, who all loved each other. The story, with its gamut of emotions, tore at the heartstrings of this often cynical reader. I will not soon forget a smart, good man named Perry L. Crandall. Thank you, Patricia Wood, for letting me know him.