That Was Then, This Is Now | Related Titles/Adaptations
Those who have read Hinton's first novel, The Outsiders, will recognize Ponyboy Curtis and the Shepards when they reappear in That Was Then, This Is Now. Events related in The Outsiders took place several years before those in That Was Then, This Is Now, and some of these events are alluded to in the later book. A third novel, Rumble Fish, is set in the same neighborhood. Themes of fighting, violent retribution, and substance abuse, as well as the effects of poverty and social stigmatization, unite these books, as do their location, and, to a lesser...
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