num_pages: 178
description: When the Shepards' car breaks down in pre-War New York City, a chain of events is set in motion that will transform the lives of the beautiful but stupid Evan Shepard, his doomed lover Rachel, and both their families. Fated to play out the mistakes of their parents, Evan and Rachel quickly discover the betrayal behind the dream, and desperately try every avenue of escape, only to find that all paths lead back to the small Long Island coastal town of Cold Spring Harbor, and to each other. But if there is no better chronicler than Yates of the quiet tragedy of thwarted suburban lives, Cold Spring Harbor is a testament to the absolute necessity of dreaming; for Yates's protagonists, hope may be all there is.
language: English
title: Cold Spring Harbor
titlecomplete: Cold Spring Harbor
characters: Evan Shepard, Rachel Shepard
genres: American, Americana, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 2727
places: New York (State), Cold Spring Harbor, New York, Long Island, New York
publisher: Methuen