01808cam a2200313 i 4500 1148228089 TxAuBib 20240430120000.0 230921s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023038153 9780593535011 HRD 29.00 0593535014 HRD 29.00 (OCoLC)1391214582 TxAuBib rda Smiley, Jane, 1949-, author. Lucky [BOOK] / Jane Smiley. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. 369 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her Uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky - and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then - through a combination of hard work and serendipity - started a singing career, which catapulted her from St. Louis to New York City, from the English countryside to the tropical beaches of St. Thomas, from Cleveland to Los Angeles, and back again. Jodie comes of age in recording studios, backstage, and on tour, and tries to hold her own in the wake of Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Joni Mitchell. Yet it feels like something is missing. Could it be true love? Or is that not actually what Jodie is looking for?". 20240430. Women folk musicians Fiction. Self-realization in women Fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction.