The Hurricane Years

by Cameron Hawley

The Hurricane Years is a gripping novel, at once powerful, artfully told and a thought-provoking revelation of the strains and tensions induced by a society that is driving more and more of us to become runners blindly pursuing pointless goals - until we suddenly stumble into some eye-opening personal crisis.

Genres: Fiction

576 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Ginny Thurston]

I found this interesting as a slice of time. This was written when my father was in his forties, and this was my mother’s book. I wonder if she worried about my father as she read this book. Those were definitely hurricane years for them... we moved twice as my father got promotions, my mother had a bout with uterine cancer, and my sister got married...not exactly something that they wanted before she finished college. I was amazed at how much time the lead character got to spend in the hospital and how much time and effort his doctor had for him...what a different time we are in today! Now women are having heart attacks, as well!

[Andy]

This is an entertaining read, quite dated, but charmingly so. Definitely flawed, but still enjoyable.

[Fishboat]

Picked it up at a flee market while traveling without a book. Pretty good read with an ironic twist at the end.

[Jamey Mast]

Revolutionary

This book is well written letting us so the rat race we are all a part of and how one man is sucked into it. The life portrayed here is the story of many of us . Well written and shows how many of us live today.

[Joanne]

its just ok and quite a long book, so believe it or not I won't bother finishing, its not exciting kinda dry, and it was in my moms stash i think, could have been one we got fro $1 at the library sale, but with sooooooooooooo many great books out there i must move on!

[Lee]

Very unrealistic. Maybe when the book was written doctors had personal time to spend with a heart attack recovery patient but so much of the book was just not relevant to today.

[Kent Knowlton]

A bit tedious but provocative. Tests your perspective on the material dimension of your life.