Luke Hartwell has 6 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators. The most-rated is Memory and Madness.
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Summary
When a young boy at a bowling alley has his cheeseburger delivered by a handsome future air force cadet, an infatuation develops so strong that three years later, when he learns the older boy's home town, he sets off on his bike to find him. The relationship that develops between the two boys is one of the most heartwarming and seductive in coming of age literature. Luke Hartwell, known for his honest portrayals of young adult sexuality and his compelling first-person narrators, has written a beautiful story with characters that listeners will want to befriend. This book deserves a wide audience.
©2018 Luke Hartwell (P)2019 Luke Hartwell
Nothing Strikes Back!
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What do you do when your girlfriend's younger brother is the best-looking person on the planet and has a thing for you? Parish doesn't know what he's going to do, but he is about to find out. Luke Hartwell, author of Memory and Madness and other works of fiction, puts together yet another short story that is charming and sexy with characters, listeners won't want to forget.
©2015 Luke Hartwell (P)2019 Luke Hartwell
Hooves Are a Horse's Glue
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In Luke Hartwell's Hooves Are a Horse's Glue (But You Still Need a Nail for the Shoe), a high-school senior in small-town Arkansas finds a new boy in class on the first day of school - a handsome exchange student from Turkey whose presence in town causes a stir. As the friendship develops, hearts and minds are stirred as well, especially when the young Turk attempts to teach his new American friend the traditional Turkish sport of oil wrestling.
©2018 Luke Hartwell (P)2019 Luke Hartwell
Who You Are and Where You Come From: With Outtakes
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Luke Hartwell's second novel, Who You Are and Where You Come From, is his most autobiographical. Ironically, it is also his only work of fiction to be narrated from third person point of view. The award-winning novel follows Arkansas country boy Ben Goodman through childhood and adolescence, focusing on Ben's life after he crosses paths with the book’s other protagonists, Pennsylvania-raised brothers Ethan and Daniel Henry.
Each boy has a compelling story, and when the sad stories of their separate lives merge into the warm stories of their time spent together, the result is both heartwarming and hopeful. The book is both a coming of age novel and a love story told in fine, understated Southern tradition. Earlier versions of the book appeared under the titles Letters to a Shooting Star and What Daniel Did with His Life.
©2018 Luke Hartwell (P)2019 Luke Hartwell
Baby Self Hate
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Baby Self Hate is a sultry story of sex and infatuation. As always, the brilliance of the narrative voice shines brightest. Cam, like other Hartwell narrators, is angry but funny, purposeful but confused, and humorous yet unexpectedly profound. Although sexy and sought after, Cam sees life darkly and takes solace in fishing. His relationship with the title character is a wild, unpredictable ride. Hartwell’s writing style provides the book the immediacy, honesty, passion, and tension readers have come to expect.
©2016 Luke Hartwell (P)2019 Luke Hartwell
Memory and Madness
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A likable, intelligent high school senior, Mateo Bernard is new to Little Rock. Cody Redan has lived there all his life. Yet, when they meet, there's a familiarity, a sense they've known each other before. By turns funny, romantic, insightful, and sad, this evocative novel brilliantly recreates the landscape of late adolescence, when friendships seem eternal and loves reincarnate. Memory and Madness is a unique contribution to coming-of-age literature. Early forerunners of this novel were published under the titles and moniker of Clicking Beat on the Brink of Nada (Cody) by Keith Hale.
©2018 Luke Hartwell (P)2018 Luke Hartwell