“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” Roopa Farooki addresses the relative truth of this Oscar Wilde quote through three generations of the Khalil family. Lucky, a gifted young soccer player, dreams of winning the World Cup for England. His French-born mother, Delphine, struggles with her identity as a housewife and with her attraction to her father-in-law, Zaki, with whom she'd once had an affair. Zaki himself yearns for a life beyond his shop. Corner Shop is uneven but still charming--particularly when the slightly clueless, but honest and honorable, Lucky is the focal point.--Katy S.
Request Corner Shop from the Saint Paul Public Library.
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