You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deserter. Volume 1.

By Gilbert Parker

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

In the wide-open prairies, a man's hidden marriage threatens his chance at new love and forces him to confront the past he desperately tries to escape.

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Literature Fiction

Released

2004-08-01

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Summary

"You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deserter. Volume 1." by Gilbert Parker is a story set in the Canadian prairies, focusing on the life of Shiel Crozier, an Irishman with a hidden past and a complicated present. He is trying find his way in the world as old memories haunt him,. The novel is filled with themes of love, selflessness, and the search for redemption, all unfolding in the heart of prairie life. Introduced to the spirited Kitty Tynan, whose beauty and dreams draw her into Crozier's orbit, the narrative thickens as she stumbles upon a letter revealing secrets about Crozier's estranged wife, setting the stage for a romance complicated by buried histories and the weight of past decisions.