Northline [With CD] -- Willy Vlautin, Paperback

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. Full of memorable characters and imbued with a beautiful sense of yearning, Northline is an extraordinary portrait of contemporary America from a writer and musician whose work has been lauded as "mournful, understated, and proudly steeped in menthol smoke and bourbon" (New York Times Book Review).

Author: Willy Vlautin
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 04/29/2008
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.96w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780061456527

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/11/2008 pg. 49
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2008 pg. 268
Booklist 04/01/2008 pg. 26