Uncertain Luck

Written by Rea Keech

Narrated by Rea Keech

It's 1969, and Emiko's father has gone to Tokyo to support student protests against the Vietnam War--but hasn't come back. Then suddenly her mother dies. In despair, twenty-year-old Emiko abandons her factory job to go searching for her missing father. In Tokyo, Emiko meets Juan, an American soldier recovering from a battle injury. Now she is in love with a soldier in the war she and her father have been denouncing for years.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Real Nice Books
• Release date: Nov 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798988503415

Rea Keech

Rea Keech taught English at the University of Tehran from 1967 to 1969. He says he wrote A Hundred Veils as a tribute to the warmth, humor, and love of the Iranian people he came to know. He is the author of five other novels. One is set in Japan, one in Afghanistan, and three in a fictional American suburb. He lives is Severna Park, Maryland.

Reviews for Uncertain Luck

[tellen81 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed reading this book a lot. I liked the plot and the flow of the book. I didn't want to put it down. I really liked how it had an epilogue and didn't leave you wondering.

[lilyroseshadowlyn · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book, while not a page-turner in the typical sense, subtly pulls you in, and before you know it you're halfway through and just coming up for air. I felt such a range of emotions while reading this, and I loved Emiko from the start. Her strength and independence were absolutely endearing. I did like Juan once we met him, and the bond that builds between him and Emiko feels so natural. A wonderful book that I plan on putting on my re-read shelf!

[jeanie0510 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed this book! It was a tender and relative novel about a relationship between a Korean young woman and a Puerto Rican young man fighting in Vietnam for the US. They meet in Korea when Juan is injured in Vietnam and is sent to Korea to recover. While there, he meets the young woman, Emiko and they fall in love. The irony in this story is that Emiko is in Korea t to locate her father who had originally come to Korea to protest the US's involvement in the Vietnam war. The two young lovers contemplate his deserting his role in the army and moving to Switzerland. However, he cannot leave the war and his comrades. Emiko finds her father and they go back to their small hometown, where Emiko and Juan are married and have a child.

[sheriawilkinson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Uncertain Luck by Rea KeechSet in 1969 Toyko, young Emiko is searching for her missing father. With her Mother deceased, she has little money and is struggling to find a reputable job. She approached Genji, a wealth family friend for an attempt at getting a loan. She learns he was in love with her Mother and his motives for helping Emiko are not good.On her search she meet an injured American Soldier (Juan), they form a friendship which turns into love. As she continues to search for her Father, she is close to losing hope on her mission. Will she find her Father? Will she be able to be with her true love Juan?An original story that moves at a steady place. Emiko is young (twenty one years old) but wise and ahead of her time. She is strong willed and knows what challenges she faces. Juan is very likable as well. Being injured in Vietnam he has witnessed things no young man should have to. His love for Emiko is what motivates him to cope with his harsh reality. Secrets are revealed, emotions run high as Emiko comes closer and closer to finding her Father.Overall I found Uncertain Luck very enjoyable. I highly recommend to Young/Adult and Adult readers as well.

[croknot1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I received this book free from LT for my honest review. I started to really enjoy this book, as it has to do with Japan and the Viet Nam conflict. I was not a fan of the love story.

[grumpydan · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It is 1969 and the war in Vietnam is going on, and Juan, an American soldier who was injured in battle is sent to Tokyo on medical leave. Here he finds Emiko, a 20 year old woman whose mother just died and she is searching for her missing father. And they fall in love, and Juan is thinking of deserting and Emiko has given up hope of ever finding her dad. This is a love story where these tow have some luck and all goes well. It is a feel good story, but not enough tension or surprises to garner more emotion from this reader. Everything seem to fall right into place with not enough obstacles or antagonists. I received a free copy of this book for my honest review.

[koalamom_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Emiko leaves her home town to go to Tokyo to find her father, an activist in 1969. she is trying to find him after he goes missing. She finds, instead, Juan, a Puerto Rican-American solder in the hospital recovering from wounds he received in Vietnam.A strange but interesting story of how these two get together and thrive and survive an era of war that neither really wants or likes.