That Was Then, This Is Now

Name: That Was Then, This Is Now
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Author: S. E. Hinton
ISBN: 9781490677002

Author: S. E. Hinton

Narrator: Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 3 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/30/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Another classic from the author of the internationally bestselling The Outsiders Continue celebrating 50 years of The Outsiders by reading this companion novel. That Was Then, This is Now is S. E. Hinton’s moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow up and grow apart. “A mature, disciplined novel which excites a response in the reader … Hard to forget.”—The New York Times

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 Zainab on July 15, 2023

I had aimed to read 40 books this year and this is my 140th so please believe me when I say I am PROUD of myself! The Outsiders is one of my all time favorite book and I wanted to read something similar so I picked this one up. This one's set around the time as The Outsiders and also has Ponyboy's ca......more

Goodreads review by Jazmin on March 06, 2013

This book is heartbreaking. I read it years ago and wanted to read it again. Want to know the reason why it took me years to read it again? Because I cried my eyes out when I finished it the first time, that it has taken me this long to be able to read it again. The heartbreak was still there when I......more

Goodreads review by Jacki on May 17, 2009

Every bit as punching (no pun intended) as The Outsiders, but with a much darker ending. It was great to see cameos of the characters from The Outsiders. The different perspective on Curtis was a nice touch. Hinton's writing style made a noticeable improvement. Which is saying a lot. While she was f......more

Goodreads review by Laura on August 17, 2007

Do yourself a favor and skip the crap movie with, um, one of the Estevez brothers, I forget which one. This YA is actually pretty powerful, if rather bleak, because unlike the movie, the novel doesn't cop out by giving the audience a phony happy ending.......more

Goodreads review by Licha on October 13, 2020

My 12yr old self would have probably given this 5 stars. But "that was then, this is now". <--Pun, pun. Lol. Sorry, that was pretty bad. I couldn't help it. Let's just say this was not meant to have been read by my way older self. This was pretty bad, and I'm only giving this 2 stars because nostalgi......more