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eve_primeLucky, Lucky People: A Comedy of Bad Manners, by Holly Larsen. This very amusingly written novel brings together a variety of generally quite shallow people in Alameda, the island city in the San Francisco Bay just west of Oakland. The worst people have the most amusing thoughts, naturally. At least two of them are basically decent (although not always as good as one might hope), and some of the others may have potential? The story moves along at a good clip and has a satisfying wrap-up.
I found myself wishing I’d spent more time in Alameda when I lived in Oakland. I took a couple of classes at its community college, as part of transitioning to U.C. Berkeley, and I also enjoyed its beach, so different from the ocean beaches I’d known in childhood. I never appreciated its other parks or its small businesses, though.
(I should also note that the author was for years one of my best friends.)
I found myself wishing I’d spent more time in Alameda when I lived in Oakland. I took a couple of classes at its community college, as part of transitioning to U.C. Berkeley, and I also enjoyed its beach, so different from the ocean beaches I’d known in childhood. I never appreciated its other parks or its small businesses, though.
(I should also note that the author was for years one of my best friends.)