Willy Vlautin Collection
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- Synopsis
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Four novels including:
The Free: Leroy Kervin is a 31 year old Iraqi War veteran living with a traumatic brain injury. Freddie McCall is a middle aged father working two jobs. He's lost his wife and kids, and is close to losing his house. Pauline Hawkins takes care of everyone else around her. The lives of these three characters intersect as they look for meaning in desperate times. The Free is an extraordinary portrait of contemporary America and a testament to the resiliency of the human heart.
Motel Life: The Motel Life explores the frustrations and failed dreams of two Nevada brothers — on the run after a hit-and-run accident — who, forgotten by society, and short on luck and hope, desperately cling to the edge of modern life.
Lean on Pete: Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson wants a home, food on the table, and a high school he can attend for more than part of a year. But as the son of a single father working in warehouses across the Pacific Northwest, Charley's been pretty much on his own. When tragic events leave him homeless weeks after their move to Portland, Oregon, Charley seeks refuge in the tack room of a run-down horse track.
Northline: Fleeing Las Vegas and her abusive boyfriend, Allison Johnson moves to Reno, intent on making a new life for herself. Haunted by the mistakes of her past, and lacking any self-belief, her only comfort seems to come from the imaginary conversations she has with Paul Newman, and the characters he played. But as life crawls on and she finds work, small acts of kindness start to reveal themselves to her, and slowly the chance of a new life begins to emerge.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780062392909
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins
- Date of Addition:
- 11/17/14
- Copyrighted By:
- Willy Vlautin
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.