Lucky Find — Sarah Leamy

Lucky and Mike, best friends since childhood, travel through New Mexico and into Arizona, accompanied by Blue, a collie mix. Looking for Lucky's newly discovered half-sister, these friends search across the Southwest, including visits to Las Cruces, Bisbee, and Flagstaff. The clues they follow begin resembling something an undercover genealogist might dream up. Over the weeks, Lucky unscrambles the past, one that challenges stereotypes of family, friendships, and gender, while laying a few good secrets to rest. Meanwhile, Blue, being a most generous dog, embarks on her own search and rescue mission, finding a needing-to-be-bottle-fed pup aptly named Peanut. It's the two dogs - and soon Blue's tiny kitten foundlings - that give this archetypal hero's journey a mixture of heartbreak and comic lightness. About the Author: Raised in England, Sarah Leamy lives in Northern New Mexico. She studied languages and culture at London University, and then started exploring, performing, and writing her way across Europe, Guatemala, and the States. She has finally settled down in the Southwest. She is the author of two other novels and a book of travel essays, all of which embody her experiences and observations of life in Europe, the States, and Central America. Her previous novel, Lucky Shot, won best fiction in the 2012 NM/AZ Book Awards, was a finalist in the Royal Dragonfly Awards, and is a prequel to Lucky Find. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/SarahLeamy Author's website: http://www.sleam.com