Sentences: Lucky Jack is about an underdog with no pedigree, no money, and every reason to quit — but who chooses to chase an impossible dream anyway. It’s the story of Jack Edwards, a high school dropout from the Newark projects who, at the age of 30, looks in the mirror wearing a surgeon’s smock and decides to become a brain surgeon. What follows is a remarkable odyssey that carries him from pizza delivery man to medical school in Mexico, and ultimately into the operating rooms of Mt. Sinai and beyond. If allowed: Jack’s story is uniquely American, but its message is universal: it’s never too late to live on purpose. Rooted in the ancient Greek ideal of Areté — the pursuit of one’s highest self in service of others — Lucky Jack weaves together themes of grit, redemption, family, and the moral imperative of lifting others as we rise.