Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
From Goodreads.com
These brand new stories from Johnson are typically comic and tender, absurd and totally universal. In post-Katrina Louisiana, a young man and his new girlfriend search for the mother of his son. In Palo Alto, a computer programmer whose wife has a rare disease finds solace in a digital copy of the recently assassinated President. In contemporary Berlin a former Stasi agent ponders his past.
And in “Interesting Facts”, a woman with cancer rages against the idea of her family without her.
Hugely inventive and endlessly energetic, this is a heart wrenching, surprising collection of stories that show Johnson at the top of his form.
First suggested: November 2015
Supporter: Nela, Nicole, Nadya, Jennifer