The Night Always Comes

by Willy Vlautin

Genres: Family Life; Literary Fiction; General Fiction

Synopsis

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 that leaves too many people only a step away from falling between the cracks.

Release date: April 6, 2021

Publisher: Harper

Print pages: 224