Lean on Pete movie tiein, Willy Vlautin
Lean on Pete movie tiein, Willy Vlautin
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Lean on Pete movie tie-in
A Novel

Author: Willy Vlautin

Narrator: Willy Vlautin

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2018

Synopsis

Willy Vlautin’s award-winning novel Lean on Pete, a moving and compassionate story about a fifteen-year old-boy's unlikely connection to a failing racehorse as he struggles to find a place to call home—now a major motion picture from A24, the studio behind Moonlight and Lady Bird, starring Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloë Sevigny, and directed by Andrew Haigh (45 Years, Looking).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. Charley's only comforts are his friendship with a failing racehorse named Lean on Pete and a photograph of his only known relative. In an increasingly desperate circumstance, Charley will head east, hoping to find his aunt who had once lived a thousand miles away in Wyoming—but the journey to find her will be a perilous one.In Lean on Pete, Willy Vlautin reveals the lives and choices of American youth like Charley Thompson who were failed by those meant to protect them and who were never allowed the chance to just be a kid.“Lean on Pete riveted me. Reading it, I was heartbroken and moved; enthralled and convinced. This is serious American literature.”
   — Cheryl Strayed, Oregonian

About Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin is the author of the novels The Motel Life, Northline, Lean on Pete, The Free, Don’t Skip Out on Me, The Night Always Comes, and The Horse. He is the founding member of the bands Richmond Fontaine and The Delines.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nigel on May 12, 2018

There are books that I can’t really fully explain in terms of why they were so enjoyable or had such an impact. ‘Lean On Pete’ is one of them. I’m going to try and unpick that for myself here in this review. The work seems really simple in the structure as a whole and in the clean style of writing, y......more

Goodreads review by piperitapitta on March 01, 2019

Lean On Pete Ho dato solo tre stelle a questo romanzo, che in realtà sarebbero tre e mezza, e non ho ancora visto il film, anche se confesso di aver voluto leggere il romanzo, e averne affrettato la lettura, proprio perché volevo vedere il film. Willy Vlautin è un autore da tenere d'occhio, di cui ho......more

Goodreads review by Odette on June 03, 2018

Ik was heel erg onder de indruk van Laat me niet vallen en wilde meer lezen van deze auteur. De achterflappen van mijn andere boeken waren veelbelovend - het gaf eenzelfde sfeer weer. Noordwaarts (met soundtrackcd, lijkt me een bijzondere ervaring) stond nog ongelezen in de kast, maar omdat ik binnen......more

Goodreads review by Louis on May 07, 2018

Recently I won a pass to see a pre-release screening of Lean On Pete in West Los Angeles (a faithful, excellent adaptation, by the way). I remembered that years ago I had bought the book, which had disappeared into my voluminous TBR piles. I dug it out and finally read it. All I can say is what took......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on July 08, 2016

I heard Willy Vlautin speak at Live Wire Radio in Portland years ago and have been entranced by his authenticity ever since. So when our book club decided to have the next gathering at the local horse racing venue, this book, set around Portland Meadows, seemed apt. His prose is simple and propulsive......more

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