Night Letter, Sterling Watson
Night Letter, Sterling Watson
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Night Letter

Author: Sterling Watson

Narrator: Nick Walther

Unabridged: 12 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/31/2023


Synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Travis Hollister is always the stranger who comes to town.

As a twelve-year-old escaping a disordered and unhappy home, Travis left the Midwest to spend a summer with his grandparents in the Deep South. There he met Delia, the love of his life, who, tragically, was beyond his reach for two reasons—she was his aunt and she was sixteen years old. That summer made
Travis guilty of crimes discovered and undiscovered. For his public wrongs, he did time, six years in a Nebraska reform school. For his undiscovered wrongs, he suffers mightily and wants desperately to be shriven. Can he achieve redemption or is he bound for the hell on earth he can imagine all too well?

Released from reform school and driven by his need to rejoin the human community, he returns a stranger to Panama City, Florida, searching for Delia.

Who is she now? What have the years done to her? Will she welcome the return of Travis or fear it?

Jean-Paul Sartre said, “Hell is other people.” In the course of this story, Travis learns that other people can also be salvation. Amid a cast of characters struggling with their own needs, desires, tragedies, and, yes, crimes, Travis finds violence, hatred, vengeance, and, in greater measure, friendship,
honor, loyalty, and at least a glimpse of the road to redemption.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy

Utterly captivating! I loved Sterling Watson's NIGHT LETTER! The audiobook was exceptional, narrated by Nick Walther. My first book by the author, and cannot wait to read more. An evocative tale of a young man struggling to find his way. My heart went to Travis—you will fall in LOVE with the main ch......more

It’s hard to classify what genre this book was for me. It was part suspense, part coming of age, part twisted romance. I think I expected a little more of Travis’ past and experiences in the juvenile facility to be the focus of the book. There was a heavy creepy element to his obsession with his aun......more

Goodreads review by Tim

A beautiful mix of forbidden love and finding yourself, this was a well woven story coming from a troubled time in America's history in the deep south. With well turned characters and a good deal of perceived character growth, I loved the pacing and hopeful look to the future we were left with. While......more

This story is told by Travis Hollister who has been incarcerated in a Nebraska reform school for six years because of a violent act he committed when he was 12. He’s now 18 and upon his release he first goes to San Francisco to find his mother and when that isn’t going to work out, he goes to Florid......more