Buy Me Love - Softcover

Buy Me Love (Paperback)

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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Described by Publishers Weekly as Cooley's "sharp latest", "Cooley has a sure hand in probing the intersection of artistic ambition and money. This hopeful take is sure to move readers."In Brooklyn, New York, in 2005, Ellen Portinari buys a lottery ticket on a whim; not long after, she realizes shes won a hundred-million-dollar jackpot. With a month to redeem the ticket, she tells no one but her alcoholic brothera talented composer whose girlfriend has died in a terrorist attack abroadabout her preposterous good luck.As the clock ticks, Ellen caroms from incredulity to giddiness to dread as she tries to reckon with the potential consequences of her win. She becomes unexpectedly involved with a man and boy shes met at her local gym. While she grapples with the burden of secret-keeping and the tug of a new intimacy, a Brooklyn street artist named Blair Talpa is contending with her own challenges: a missing brother, an urge to make art that will derange orbits, and a lack of money.En route to redeem the lottery ticket, Ellen finds her prospects entwining by chance with Blairswhich allows Ellen to reimagine lucks relation to loss, and the reader to revel in surprise. A novel about chance, trust, and a lottery ticket. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781597091206

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