Hawkes Harbor

Name: Hawkes Harbor
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: S. E. Hinton
ISBN: 9781543611533

Author: S. E. Hinton

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 6 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/16/2017

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Psychological

Synopsis

Dr. Phillip McDevitt, director of Terrace View Asylum, is intrigued by his newest patient, a troubled young man recently transferred from the state hospital for the criminally insane. Jamie Sommers suffers from depression, partial amnesia, and an unaccountable fear of the dark. Dr. McDevitt is determined to help Jamie conquer his demons, but the more he probes the young man’s fractured memories, the stranger his case becomes.…An orphan and a bastard, Jamie grew up tough enough to handle almost anything. Taking to the sea, he found danger and adventure in exotic ports all over the world. He’s survived foreign prisons, smugglers, pirates, gunrunners, and even a shark attack. But what he discovered in the quiet seaside town of Hawkes Harbor, Delaware, was enough to drive him almost insane—and change his life forever.Hawkes Harbor is a compelling and unpredictable new novel by one of America’s most honored storytellers.

About S. E. Hinton

S. E. Hinton was the first author to receive the Young Adult Services Division/School Library Journal Award for Life Achievement, and has received numerous other awards and honors. Her gritty and powerful novels have also inspired four major motion pictures. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on June 21, 2022

S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders has long been a favorite book of mine. I've read it 4 or 5 times over the years. The movie based on the book was also excellent, one I can watch again and again. Since that time I've not read any others of her books until recently when I tried quite a different novel, Haw......more

Goodreads review by Ami on March 23, 2012

I recently reread The Outsiders and became curious if Hinton had written anything else more recently. So I discovered Hawkes Harbor. The more I think about it, the more I hate it. If I were to rate it solely on characterization and interesting side stories, it'd be pretty good. But if I were to give......more

Goodreads review by Heather G on December 22, 2008

This was just weird. I didn't care about the people and in fact found almost every character unlikable. I was bored with this book and barely got through it even though it was relatively short. There were a couple of side stories that made it mildly interesting and at the beginning I felt for the ma......more

Goodreads review by Belinda on March 31, 2024

A strange and quite disjointed read. As the author of The Outsiders I expected a wonderful story but was sadly disappointed.......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on January 16, 2008

In and of itself, S. E. Hinton's HAWKES HARBOR is not a bad book; as an entry in the DARK SHADOWS novel series, however, it would have flopped mightily. I enjoyed Hinton's prose, and she developed a convincing background for Jamie (Willie Loomis) Sommers. It's easy to envision John Karlen in the role......more