Description
Between looking after her brother, working two low-paid jobs, and trying to take part-time college classes, Lynette is dangerously tired. Every penny she’s earned for years, she’s put into savings, trying to scrape together enough to take out a mortgage on the house she rents with her mother. Finally becoming a homeowner in their rapidly gentrifying Portland neighbourhood could offer Lynette the kind of freedoms she’s never had. But, when the plan is derailed, Lynette must embark on a desperate odyssey of hope and anguish.
Written with all Willy Vlautin’s characteristic and heart-wrenching empathy, The Night Always Comes holds up a mirror to a society which leaves too many people only a step away from falling between the cracks.
Peter Keeley (verified owner) –
Willy Vlautin is one of the greatest living writers in America. Every book he has written just hits me hard and his new one is no exception. Utterly brilliant. It’s a very bleak story of a young woman called Lynette, who is living a very tough life. My heart bbreaks for her, and she’ll live on in my thoughts for quite a while. Full of working class grit, like Willy Vlautin does so well. Utterly compelling and gripping.