The Lucky Ones, Beginning Plot

The Lucky Ones is a collection of stories tracing how the Colombian conflict affects a group of indirectly related people. Each story features a different protagonist, taking place in different years and locations. However, each story overlaps or somehow references other stories in the collection. Therefore, by the end of the collection, the reader has a strong sense of the main group of characters and their relationships with one another.

"Lucky" begins the collection, telling the story of a teenaged schoolgirl, Stephanie, and her family. In "Lucky," Stephanie is abandoned by her servant, Angelina, and her family is captured, leaving Stephanie to the mercy of the communist rebels.