?ÄúGod of Luck?Äù
by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
 It can be difficult sometimes to read a book so well-written that it quantum leaps its reader on board a packed 19th century slave ship amidst the muck of brutality on the high seas, the putrid smell of rotten meat, and the queasiness and suffocation of a tumultuous journey through hell.
Based on a little-known piece of history at the turn-of-the-century, Ruthanne Lum McCunn does a magnificent job in ?ÄúThe God of Luck?Äù by graphically describing the appalling conditions of the ships that carried boatloads of kidnapped Chinese men to work in the guano mines of Peru. ?ÄúThe God of Luck?Äù is written from the fictitious personal account of Ah Lung, the book?Äôs protagonist, who is one of thousands of Chinese men forcibly brought from Guandong Province to leave their families behind and become indentured servants in other countries. McCunn really tugs at the heartstrings with the intense struggles of Ah Lung and his relentless prayers to the God of Luck, who he hopes will one day reunite him with Bo See, the love of his life. The modern world seems to disappear as ?ÄúThe God of Luck?Äù offers a most vivid tale of a time so far away and allows the imagination to steep deeply into the minds of the characters. |
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