I did the same, working in various parts of the dorm cafeteria, dish room, server, custodial, you name it, for the better part of four years. Peter and Carol both worked in the dorm cafeteria. But I couldn’t help picturing my college campus, and the dorms I lived in the first two years, in 19. The story takes place on a college campus in Maine in 1966. What I liked about the story was the way all of the characters, all of them, came to life. My favorite story in the book turned out to be the second story, the title story, “Hearts in Atlantis.” Unlike “Low Men” there was nothing particularly surreal about this story, except for perhaps the never-ending card game going on in the men’s dorm. As it turns out, it was close, but not quite. I was sure that it was going to be my favorite story in the book. I’ve already written about my thoughts on the first story in the book, “The Low Men in Yellow Coats.” This story, and the last story in the book are the two stories upon which the movie was rather loosely based. I finished reading Hearts in Atlantis while on my walk today.
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