Hearts in Atlantis

Released

September 14th, 1999

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It's 1966 and the height of the Vietnam War when Pete Riley first comes to the University of Maine. Uppermost on the minds of many young men at that time is the draft. and maintaining their grade point average so that they would not be called by Selective Service. Despite this threat, a group becomes obsessed by a game called Hearts which puts them in danger of losing their deferred status as they neglect their studies. The story follows them during their first year and tells of how Pete Riley meets and falls in love with Carol Gerber who first appeared in "Low Men in Yellow Coats."