The Son of Good Fortune The Son of Good Fortune is an immersive and character driven story about the harsh realities of being an undocumented immigrant in the US. Tenorio brilliantly narrates how the paranoia of being discovered for fear of deportation affects families and the children of these immigrants, while struggling to survive/5. Lysley Tenorio is the author of the novel THE SON OF GOOD FORTUNE and the story collection MONSTRESS, which was named a book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Whiting Award, a Stegner fellowship, the Edmund White Award, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as . In this sharp but warm exploration of identity and self-determination, a mother and son scheme their way to an uncertain future. "Excel is not a child. The man behind the ticket counter says he looks like one." So begins the first chapter of Lysley Tenorio's The Son of Good Fortune, in which year-old Excel is asked to provide legal identification at a Greyhound station, but has none.
Lysley Tenorio follows his debut story collection, Monstress, with his recently published debut novel, The Son of Good Fortune. The novel focuses on Excel, a young undocumented Filipino immigrant, and his mother, Maxima, a former Philippines B-action movie star turned online scam artist. Lysley Tenorio is the author of the novel THE SON OF GOOD FORTUNE and the story collection MONSTRESS, named a book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Whiting Award, a Stegner fellowship, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as. The Son of Good Fortune, Lysley Tenorio (Ecco, July ) Joker dies from a heart attack and his brother and landlord, Bingo, raises the rent for Maxima and Excel. Since Excel doesn't have a social security card, he's terrified to apply to college—even community college—or to jobs that interest him.
In this sharp but warm exploration of identity and self-determination, a mother and son scheme their way to an uncertain future. "Excel is not a child. The man behind the ticket counter says he looks like one." So begins the first chapter of Lysley Tenorio's The Son of Good Fortune, in which year-old Excel is asked to provide legal identification at a Greyhound station, but has none. Lysley Tenorio is the author of the novel THE SON OF GOOD FORTUNE and the story collection MONSTRESS, named a book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Whiting Award, a Stegner fellowship, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as residencies from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Bogliasco Foundation. From award-winning author Lysley Tenorio, comes a big hearted debut novel following an undocumented Filipino son as he navigates his relationship with his mother, an uncertain future, and the place he calls home. Excel spends his days trying to seem like an unremarkable American teenager.
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