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Kay's Lucky Coin Variety

de Ann Y. K. Choi

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A bittersweet coming-of-age debut novel set in the Korean community in Toronto in the 1980s. This haunting coming-of-age story, told through the eyes of a rebellious young girl, vividly captures the struggles of families caught between two cultures in the 1980s. Family secrets, a lost sister, forbidden loves, domestic assaults--Mary discovers as she grows up that life is much more complicated than she had ever imagined. Her secret passion for her English teacher is filled with problems and with the arrival of a promising Korean suitor, Joon-Ho, events escalate in ways that she could never have imagined, catching the entire family in a web of deceit and violence. A unique and imaginative debut novel, Kay's Lucky Coin Variety evocatively portrays the life of a young Korean Canadian girl who will not give up on her dreams or her family.… (més)
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Es mostren totes 5
I really enjoyed this book and not just because I love reading about characters moving about Toronto (where I live). ( )
  xaverie | Apr 3, 2023 |
This is a remarkable book, the story of a young woman's struggle to understand herself and to establish her identity. Mary, a Korean girl who was named Yu-Rhee at birth, struggles to make her parents understand that she wants to be Canadian. Her parents have other ideas and try to match her up with a Korean suitor . . . even though Mary is in love with someone else. Ann Choi's writing is descriptive and evocative, bringing the world of Korean families in 1980's Toronto to life. A number of other reviewers have categorized this book as a "YA novel." It's not; it's a beautifully written novel that anyone could enjoy.

Kathleen Jones, author of Love Is the Punch Line ( )
  Kathleen.Jones | Dec 13, 2017 |
A compelling coming-of-age story that deals with racism, family pressure, assault, and big dreams. Beautifully-written, wonderful characters, and an unforgettable book. Highly recommended. ( )
  bucketofrhymes | Dec 13, 2017 |
Mary Hwang and her brother and parents have immigrated from Korea to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Hwang family lives above the family convenience store. The pressures placed on Mary to succeed and please her parents are considerable. Mary and her family struggle with traditional Korean culture and that of 1980s Canadian culture. A dark and interesting read. I felt that were too many tragedies in 275 pages for the story to be believable. On the plus side, the author does not dwell on the often shocking misfortunes that befall the family.

Recommended. 3.9 stars. ( )
  vancouverdeb | Sep 1, 2016 |
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A composite of those women, and her own life, became the inspiration for Mary — or Yu-Rhee — the protagonist of Choi’s debut novel Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety, published by Simon & Schuster Canada. Mary, who lives above her parents’ convenience store, struggles with hormonally charged teenage emotions and experiences, but still must act like an adult, knowing very well that her first priority is always to her family’s business and livelihood — as her traditional mother never lets her forget...For those in the community, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety will resonate in its accuracy and details, but for those who only head into their local convenience stores for milk and newspapers, the book is a revealing look into private lives.
 
It always amazes me when a debut novelist features predictable themes - maybe bordering on clichés - and still comes out with something extremely effective....There's a lot to like here. For one thing, it's a sharp snapshot of Toronto at the time: the just burgeoning Koreatown, U of T's huge, intimidating buildings, the track where sex workers plied their trade near Trinity Bellwoods, which made the neighbourhood more than a little sketchy....But the characters are believable, especially Mary's mother, who's loving but has a hard time expressing it, and the book has a powerful emotional core. Few Korean-Canadian novelists have been heard from so far, making Choi's book a welcome breath of fresh air.
 
Ideas of fate and luck are important to the novel – and so much luck is terrible. The novel reads up quickly, mostly propelled by one disaster after another. Violent assaults, robberies, shootings, suicide, domestic violence, attempted rape and an actual fiery explosion is a whole lot of action for a single novel, and the literary impact of these incidents is undermined by their frequency – it all becomes a melodramatic blur.

While such pacing will certainly appeal to younger readers, others will lament a lack of depth....Even with its flaws, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety is the kind of book for which many have been hungering for too long. The novel’s greatest strength is showing that what looks like passiveness from the outside (a girl stuck in an unlocked cage) is actually Mary’s slow-but-sure plotting toward her ultimate liberation – her subversions must be subtle and within a certain framework.

Choi also nicely complicates Mary’s resolution about her difficult relationship with her mother – she learns to empathize with her, finds common ground and comes to appreciate how her mother has actually helped her realize her dreams
 
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For my mother, who taught me that we create our own luck, my daughter Claire, who inspires me to learn and live in the moment, and in loving memory of Cathy, who showed me the value of friendship.
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I was behind the counter of our convenience store, Kay's Lucky Coin Variety, reading the Toronto Star when I heard tires screech and someone shouting obscenities.
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A bittersweet coming-of-age debut novel set in the Korean community in Toronto in the 1980s. This haunting coming-of-age story, told through the eyes of a rebellious young girl, vividly captures the struggles of families caught between two cultures in the 1980s. Family secrets, a lost sister, forbidden loves, domestic assaults--Mary discovers as she grows up that life is much more complicated than she had ever imagined. Her secret passion for her English teacher is filled with problems and with the arrival of a promising Korean suitor, Joon-Ho, events escalate in ways that she could never have imagined, catching the entire family in a web of deceit and violence. A unique and imaginative debut novel, Kay's Lucky Coin Variety evocatively portrays the life of a young Korean Canadian girl who will not give up on her dreams or her family.

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