| Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn | |
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1st edition (US) |
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| Author(s) | Paul Watkins |
| Cover artist | John Howard |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin (US) Hutchinson (UK) |
| Publication date | 1989 |
| Media type | Print & audio |
| Pages | 275 |
| ISBN | 0-395-50959-9 |
Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn is the second novel by American author Paul Watkins. It was published in 1989 by Houghton Mifflin and shared the Encore Award the following year.
The story is set on and off the Rhode Island coast where James Pfeiffer, age 20 and just expelled from college starts working on a broken down scallop trawler against the wishes of his family. He follows in the footsteps of his father Russ, who now has an unexplained fear of the sea. James comes to learn the very real dangers that exist in the present and truth about his fathers past...
The story was adapted for television in 1996 entitled just Calm at Sunset, it starred Peter Facinelli as James Pfeiffer, Michael Moriarty as his father Russ, Kate Nelligan as his mother Margaret and Gretchen Mol as his girlfriend Emily.