
The Night Always Comes
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Christine Lakin
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By:
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Willy Vlautin
“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 Magazine)
Award-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 30, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she’s been diligently working to buy the house she lives in with her mother and developmentally disabled brother Kenny. Portland’s housing prices have nearly quadrupled in 15 years, and the owner is giving them a good deal. Lynette knows it’s their last best chance to own their own home - and obtain the security they’ve never had. While she has enough for the down payment, she needs her mother to cover the rest of the asking price. But a week before they’re set to sign the loan papers, her mother gets cold feet and reneges on her promise, pushing Lynette to her limits to find the money they need.
Set over two days and two nights, The Night Always Comes follows Lynette’s frantic search - an odyssey of hope and anguish that will bring her face to face with greedy rich men and ambitious hustlers, those benefiting and those left behind by a city in the throes of a transformative boom. As her desperation builds and her pleas for help go unanswered, Lynette makes a dangerous choice that sets her on a precarious, frenzied spiral. In trying to save her family’s future, she is plunged into the darkness of her past, and forced to confront the reality of her life.
A heart wrenching portrait of a woman hungry for security and a home in a rapidly changing city, The Night Always Comes raises the difficult questions we are often too afraid to ask ourselves: What is the price of gentrification, and how far are we really prepared to go to achieve the American Dream? Is the American dream even attainable for those living at the edges? Or for too many of us, is it only a hollow promise?
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Not what I was Expecting
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Here’s that small bit of hope
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Second, the man writes sober, melancholy and sad books. He writes them well. Most of us don't like to think about it, but much of our life is spent on the negative and challenging parts of the human existence. We should relish the moments of bliss, but realize that not everyone is enjoying those emotions.
The two books I have read by the author both have to do with depression, drug usage and (what I would characterize as) living on the margins of life. Someone needs to tell those stories and Willie Vlautin does it well. So be prepared to read an engaging, yet sad and sobering book. And hopefully, realize the need to be nice to somebody today, because everybody is having a tough time.
Very Engaging Story
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Great read, so much emotional and life over 5 days. Loved it.
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Realism in the modern west.
Life sentence
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Willy knows tragedy
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The narrator, Christine Lakin, is so very good.
If you’re looking for a light feel-good read, this might not be for you. But if you want to step into the lives of these characters, root for them (and often against them), and wake up thinking about their strife and tenacity and hopes and victories, well, you’ve found your book!
Wow, a knockout!
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great orator . relatable story
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So. Many. Monologues.
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Sad but a lot to think about
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