The Night Always Comes A Novel

Willy Vlautin

eBook - 2021

"Willy Vlautin is not known for happy endings, but there's something here that defies the downward pull. In the end, Lynette is pure life force: fierce and canny and blazing through a city that no longer has space for her, and it's all Portland's loss."—Portland Monthly MagazineAward-winning author Willy Vlautin explores the impact of trickle-down greed and opportunism of gentrification on ordinary lives in this scorching novel that captures the plight of a young woman pushed to the edge as she fights to secure a stable future for herself and her family.Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she's been diligently working to buy the house she li...ves in with her mother and developmentally disabled brother Kenny. Portland's housing prices have nearly quadrupled in fifteen years, and the owner is giving them a good deal. Lynette knows it's their...

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Published
HarperCollins
Language
English
Main Author
Willy Vlautin
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Format
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Kindle Book
ASINB08CRBYLP8
Release Date4/6/2021
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780063035102
Release Date4/6/2021