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Car Heroin Train
Adapted from an award-winning screenplay, and inspired by real-life events, CAR HEROIN TRAIN is a heart-wrenching tale from the front lines of the opiate epidemic that has taken so many lives and devastated so many more.
Recently graduated from a prestigious college, Evan heads off to Buffalo, NY to track down the 4-year-old girl his father rescued from a car crash eighteen years back. What he imagines he will find is a girl who has grown up to become someone that the world desperately needs. Why else would his dad have died saving her? Instead, what he discovers is that Amanda can barely make it from one day to the next. Utterly disillusioned, he prepares to return home when he befriends a little girl who needs him more than anything. However, this friendship soon becomes compromised as Evan comes across Amanda again, and they start to become involved.
Recently graduated from a prestigious college, Evan heads off to Buffalo, NY to track down the 4-year-old girl his father rescued from a car crash eighteen years back. What he imagines he will find is a girl who has grown up to become someone that the world desperately needs. Why else would his dad have died saving her? Instead, what he discovers is that Amanda can barely make it from one day to the next. Utterly disillusioned, he prepares to return home when he befriends a little girl who needs him more than anything. However, this friendship soon becomes compromised as Evan comes across Amanda again, and they start to become involved.
255 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 1, 2019
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Virginia Austin
8 books24 followersVirginia Austin is a writer from Chicago, IL. While the author's novels usually focus on social issues, it is never forgotten that the main objective of writing fiction is to entertain. When not writing either books or screenplays, Austin works at a nuclear plant turning out designs and calculations.
“You should never write to make a living. Rather, you should write to make your own life, and the one around you, more understandable.”
“You should never write to make a living. Rather, you should write to make your own life, and the one around you, more understandable.”
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October 29, 2020
This slim novel is a fast and unexpected read. The main story is about Evan, who leaves graduation in Chicago and travels to Buffalo to find a girl who survived the car crash that killed his father. He's looking for some closure. Instead, he meets a beautiful young woman who is a heroine addict and also a child. The child is an unexpected subplot, equally important, and a bit odd.
Amanda, the heroine addict, is a tragic character who wears t-shirts with crazy sayings and great dialog. She swears a lot. She's lost a lot. She keeps losing.
One of the more surprising moments was when Evan, who seems pretty clueless, says this in response to her when she asks him to take her home with him.
"No, not like this. I can't. You'll never get better with someone always giving in to what you want."
Until then, he seemed pretty happy following her around town.
I really enjoyed this book.
Amanda, the heroine addict, is a tragic character who wears t-shirts with crazy sayings and great dialog. She swears a lot. She's lost a lot. She keeps losing.
One of the more surprising moments was when Evan, who seems pretty clueless, says this in response to her when she asks him to take her home with him.
"No, not like this. I can't. You'll never get better with someone always giving in to what you want."
Until then, he seemed pretty happy following her around town.
I really enjoyed this book.
December 2, 2019
Great read!
Young guy, goes to Chicago. He went to find the girl who his Dad saved. Dad died because of that. He finds her, see he is a heroin addict. He also meets a little girl, who is gravely ill. The addict, tried to od. He found her, and called for help. In doing so, he broke the promise to the child. He was supposed to be there, to see her off to surgery. She died, and the addict ended the way they do sometimes, to end the pain.
Young guy, goes to Chicago. He went to find the girl who his Dad saved. Dad died because of that. He finds her, see he is a heroin addict. He also meets a little girl, who is gravely ill. The addict, tried to od. He found her, and called for help. In doing so, he broke the promise to the child. He was supposed to be there, to see her off to surgery. She died, and the addict ended the way they do sometimes, to end the pain.
December 24, 2019
I enjoyed this book and plowed through it. It really makes you think about your life choices and how if affects you and those around you. Is everything simply fate, is there a reason why certain events happen or is everything just coincidence?
As a side note, while I found the story compelling, I had a hard time with the writing style and sentence structure.
As a side note, while I found the story compelling, I had a hard time with the writing style and sentence structure.
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January 28, 2020
(Won this book on Goodreads) Story about a college student who, as a child, lost his father in a car accident. He goes an a journey to find the little girl his father saved in said accident. Wanting to see how successful she is as her life must have been spared for a reason. A heart tugging story of love and loss. It was a fast and easy to read story that I read in one short 2.5 hour flight.
October 31, 2019
Absolutely breathtaking. Every page had me wanting more.
A book that has left me questioning my own views on life, death, and if everything is one big coincidence or if we're destined to be at certain places at certain times with certain people. Wow. What an amazing read.
A book that has left me questioning my own views on life, death, and if everything is one big coincidence or if we're destined to be at certain places at certain times with certain people. Wow. What an amazing read.
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