{"product_id":"hearts-in-atlantis-9781501195976","title":"Hearts in Atlantis","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic collection of five deeply resonant and disturbing interconnected stories from #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Stephen King.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInnocence, experience, truth, deceit, loss, and recovery are at the core of these five interconnected, sequential tales--each deeply rooted in the 1960s, and each scarred by the Vietnam War, which continues to cast its shadow over American lives, politics and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Part One, \u003cb\u003e\"Low Men in Yellow Coats,\"\u003c\/b\u003e eleven-year-old Bobby Garfield discovers a world of predatory malice in his own neighborhood. He also discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the title story, a bunch of college kids get hooked on a card game, discover the possibility of protest, and confront their own collective heart of darkness, where laughter may be no more than the thinly disguised cry of the beast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003cb\u003e \"Blind Willie\"\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003e\"Why We're in Vietnam,\"\u003c\/b\u003e two men who grew up with Bobby in suburban Connecticut try to fill the emptiness of the post-Vietnam era in an America which sometimes seems as hollow--and as haunted--as their own lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd in \u003cb\u003e\"Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling,\" \u003c\/b\u003ethis remarkable book's denouement, Bobby returns to his hometown where one final secret, the hope of redemption, and his heart's desire may await him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of danger and suspense, full of heart, this spellbinding fiction will take some readers to a place they have never been...and others to a place they have never been able to completely forget. Nearly twenty years after its first publication, \u003ci\u003eHearts in Atlantis \u003c\/i\u003eis powerful and astonishingly current. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"You will see Stephen King in a new light. Read this moving, heartfelt tragedy and weep--weep for our lost conscience.\" --\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection \u003ci\u003eYou Like It Darker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBilly Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElevation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: \u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel \u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e was named a top ten book of 2011 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller. His epic works \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePet Sematary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFirestarter\u003c\/i\u003e are the basis for major motion pictures, with \u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003enow the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615516725522,"sku":"9781501195976","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b6852e4-e91e-40e7-8108-ecff22039ea9.jpg?v=1732492217","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hearts-in-atlantis-9781501195976","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}