CRISTINA GARCÍA
Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Disappointment a year ago that acclaimed Havana-born novelist Cristina García wasn't getting back to Seattle for her then-new novel is mitigated now by this welcome Elliott Bay return to read for the paperback release of A Handbook to Luck (Vintage Contemporaries). Three people from very different circumstances and places (Cuba, El Salvador, Iran) find lives and fates converge and link over a twenty-year period. "In this compelling, vivid, sophisticated, and highly original love story, three lives intertwine in a tale suffused with magic, sacrifice, passion, and an exquisite elegiac music. Cristina García has created a beautiful and stunning book." – Chris Abani.

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