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How to Lose the Lottery

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How to Lose the Lottery

By: Jay McKenzie
Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
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Summary

'Heartwarming, nostalgic and poignant' Lucy Clarke

'Both achingly funny and poignant' Sally Page

'Tender and uplifting' Kate Storey

Buy a lottery ticket✅

Win your wildest dreams✅

Lose everything…?

One lucky ticket is about to change everything.

Edie and Ron have been together for nearly fifty years, keeping each other afloat by the skin of their teeth. They’ve always been ordinary – until something very extraordinary happens.

Winning the lottery is everything they’ve ever wanted – well, almost.

Because for the last twenty years, Edie and Ron have been running from a secret that tore their family apart. And when you can suddenly buy everything you’ve ever wanted, you realise that the only thing you really want is the one thing money can’t buy.

Join Edie as she finally takes control. She’s had enough of playing the hand she’s been dealt – it’s time to risk it all.

©2026 Jay McKenzie (P)2026 HarperCollins
20th Century Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Women's Fiction Funny Heartfelt Tear-jerking

Critic Reviews

‘A heartwarming, tender and uplifting debut. I adored Edie’s moving and empowering story’ Kate Storey, The Memory Library
‘A gorgeously evocative story that explores how it feels to win the lottery – but have everything to lose. Heartwarming, nostalgic and poignant’ Lucy Clarke, The Surf House
‘Both achingly funny and poignant, I found myself cheering for Edie, willing her to be the winner in this engaging and entertaining exploration of what it is to be truly happy’ Sally Page, The Secrets of Flowers
‘Heartfelt and compelling, this story brings both suspense and emotion alongside late-life reinvention…’ Woman’s Own
‘A poignant cautionary tale’ Bella
'Heartwarming and poignant’ Heat
'Heartwarming … A must read’ Closer
‘A funny, poignant debut’ Platinum
‘Brilliant’ Daily Mail
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