# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Powell's Presents: Willy Vlautin
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 13 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: The acclaimed Willy Vlautin returns with a heartbreaking and tender novel about two young brothers, the vicissitudes of fate, and unexpected connection — a beautiful and bittersweet portrait that illuminates the power of friendship and how it can save lives in multiple ways.

Eddie Wilkens is a workaholic house painter in his early forties. His wife has left him, to her regret, and his main employee, Houston, is a loafer and scoundrel who barely shows up for work. Unassuming and self-reliant, Eddie is a thoughtful man who rarely gets angry, despite life's frequent provocations, but he is ruled by a guilt that he has carried for nearly twenty years.

Next door, a woman and her two sons move in with her frail and aging mother. The youngest boy, Russell, eight years old, is quiet and small for his age and lives in constant terror of his increasingly lost and troubled fifteen-year-old brother, Curtis. As their mother struggles to keep the family together and the grandmother's health begins to falter, they find themselves unable to protect Russell and themselves from Curtis's cruelty, which threatens to explode in frenetic violence.

Though neither knows it, Russell and Eddie will become each other's saving grace.

While Russell's home life disintegrates, he begins waiting in Eddie's backyard for him to get off work. Eddie offers the boy small acts of kindness: he feeds him, gives him jobs to do, listens to his dreams of escape, and offers Russell a glimpse into a world of hope and humor. A world of misfit painters, a derelict muscle car, an old dog, and the camaraderie and companionship of Eddie and his crew. In return, Russell gives Eddie a reason to carry on and helps him lay to rest the guilt that has plagued him for half of his life.

Together, this makeshift father and son begin to build a better life, daring to trade the bleakness and cynicism around them for hope and friendship.

From a writer revered for his thoughtful and compassionate portrayal of realistic American life, The Left and the Lucky (Harper) is a heartbreakingly honest examination of how circumstance shapes our lives, and how the luck of finding someone who needs us can transcend bitter loneliness and prevent us from giving up on dreaming of a better life.

Buy the book: https://www.powells.com/events/willy-vlautin-9780063346635
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/powells-presents-willy-vlautin/200029902131628
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, art, literary-art, dog
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Powell's Books, Inc. (Powell's City of Books)
- **lat**: 45.52319
- **long**: -122.68142
- **full address**: Powell's Books, Inc. (Powell's City of Books), 1005 W Burnside ST,Portland, Oregon, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Powell's Presents: Willy Vlautin being held?
  - **A:** Powell's Presents: Willy Vlautin takes place on Mon, 13 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Mon, 13 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Powell's Books, Inc. (Powell's City of Books), 1005 W Burnside ST,Portland, Oregon, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Powell's Presents: Willy Vlautin?
  - **A:** Powell's Presents: Willy Vlautin is organized by Powell's Books, Inc..
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Powell's Presents: Willy Vlautin is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Portland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Powell's Presents: Willy Vlautin sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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