The Night Always Comes: A Novel
Willy VlautinAward-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 & her family.
Barely 30, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit & juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she’s been diligently working to buy the house she lives in with her mother & developmentally disabled brother Kenny. Portland’s housing prices have nearly quadrupled in 15 years, & the owner is giving them a good deal. Lynette knows it’s their last best chance to own their own home—& 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 & reneges on her promise, pushing Lynette to her limits to find the money they need. Set over two days & two nights, The Night Always Comes follows Lynette’s frantic search—an odyssey of hope & anguish that will bring her face to face with greedy rich men & ambitious hustlers, those benefiting & those left behind by a city in the throes of a transformative boom. As her desperation builds & 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, & forced to confront the reality of her life.
A heart wrenching portrait of a woman hungry for security & a home in a rapidly changing city, The Night Always Comes raises the difficult questions we are…