Lottery by Patricia Wood

I'm in a it of a rut. After reading Room, I started in on David Copperfield. When I needed a break from that, I read Lottery. All of these have narrators who are children (or child-like) and there are definite similarities in the tone. So I need to read something else to break our of this pattern. That said, I enjoyed Lottery very much. Perry is such a likeable character, and although he is "slow", he sees the truth and is somehow wise and lovable. I've heard him compared to Forest Gump, and I see the similarities. Perry has some wonderful friends and some nasty relatives, and all of them show their true colors when Perry wins the lottery. While the ending is a bit of a fairy tell ending, the book is still a great read. -June