- Title:
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Lean On Pete
- Written by:
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Willy Vlautin
- Read by:
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Willy Vlautin
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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6
- Duration:
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7 hours 27 minutes
- Published:
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May 04 2018
- Available Date:
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May 04 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489413062
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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Willy Vlautin's unforgettable story of a friendship and hope in dark times, now a major motion picture.
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.
'For anyone with a sentimental attachment to beasts of an equine nature, a river of tears awaits.'
The List
'Lean on Pete confirms his status as one of the most emotionally charged writers in America ...'
The Sunday Herald
'Arguably his best so far ... If you like melancholy Americana, Vlautin's writing is for you.'
The Bookseller