7/8/2023 0 Comments Lottery by Patricia WoodShortly after her death, Gram’s belief in Perry’s luck is borne out in spectacular fashion. Most of all, she reminds Perry that for all his disadvantages, he’s a lucky boy-that’s what the L stands for. She teaches him how to get along in the world: always write things down, study the dictionary to learn new words, know whom to trust and who’s trying to take advantage. I read that in Reader’s Digest.” Abandoned by his mother at a young age, Perry lives with his cantankerous but good-hearted Gram, who tells him that there’s nothing wrong with being a little slow. But he knows the truth: “You have to have an IQ number less than 75 to be retarded.
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