Willie looks at a picture of his family and sees his father smiling 'like he'd never pushed his son over in his high chair or hit his wife with a beer bottle.'.

She gets especially nasty after she's been raped by her boss, accusing Bobby of being involved in molesting Carol.

Abusive Parents: Bobby's mother is at least emotionally distant and neglectful of her son.

Low Men in Yellow Coats was made into a 2001 film adaptation directed by Scott Hicks and starring Anthony Hopkins and Anton Yelchin. Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling: Bobby returns to his former home as an adult and confronts his past. Why We're in Vietnam: In 1999, a Vietnam vet and childhood friend of Bobby attends the funeral of another veteran and is haunted by the horrors that he witnessed during the war. When they become addicted to playing 'Hearts', their grades begin to suffer and the threat of getting drafted looms.īlind Willie: In 1983, a Vietnam vet disguises himself as a blind beggar as a form of penance for an act he committed during his childhood. Hearts in Atlantis: In 1966, a group of young men attend college to avoid having to serve in Vietnam.

Bobby soon discovers that Ted possesses psychic abilities and is being pursued by the sinister 'Low Men in Yellow Coats'. Low Men in Yellow Coats: In 1960, young Bobby Garfield befriends an older man named Ted Brautigan living in his boarding house.

The bulk of the stories concern the Baby Boomer generation and life in The '60s, as well as the impact of the Vietnam War. Hearts in Atlantis is a 1999 anthology of interconnected stories written by Stephen King.

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