The Left and The Lucky

<p><b>'Brimming with compassion . . . the sort of novel you press into the hands of those you love’ COLIN WALSH<br>'Vlautin writes about people overlooked by society and overlooked by literature' ANN PATCHETT<br>'Gut-wrenching and compassionate, with shades of John Steinbeck' HARLAN COBEN </b><br><b><br>The moving, large-hearted story of a young boy in danger of slipping through society’s cracks and the unlikely father figure who takes him under his wing.<br><br></b><i>‘And try to breathe, man. You gotta remember to breathe. You won’t get so panicky if you can remember that.’</i><br><br>Eddie Wilkens runs his own house-painting business. Forty-something and living alone, he just wants to take life one day at a time. When his eight-year-old neighbour, Russell, starts hanging around, Eddie sees that this small kid – with his single mother working nights and his violent older brother – is struggling to keep his head above water, and so tries to help.<br><br>Equal parts heart wrenching and uplifting,<i> The Left and the Luck</i>y is a portrait of this unusual friendship – the ways hurt shatters people and the compassionate acts that can, maybe, hold some of those pieces together.<br><br><b><u>Readers adored </u><i><u>The Left and the Lucky:</u><br>'</i>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I couldn't put this book down once I realised the story it was telling. There is something about how Vlautin voices these characters that force you to read "just one more page"'<br>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A compelling and at times heartbreaking read. I loved it!'<br>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'His writing here will touch something in your heart or your memory, too, because it’s so incredibly REAL!!'<br>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I officially will read anything this man writes' </b></p>