Say Goodbye for Now
Published December 13th, 2016 by Lake Union Publishing
ISBN 1503939448
366 pages
BLURB
On an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid the people and places that remind her of the past. Not that any of the townsfolk care. In 1959, no one is interested in a woman doctor. Nor are they welcoming Calvin and Justin Bell, a newly arrived African American father and son.
When Pete Solomon, a neglected twelve-year-old boy, and Justin bring a wounded wolf-dog hybrid to Dr. Lucy, the outcasts soon find refuge in one another. Lucy never thought she’d make connections again, never mind fall in love. Pete never imagined he’d find friends as loyal as Justin and the dog. But these four people aren’t allowed to be friends, much less a family, when the whole town turns violently against them.
With heavy hearts, Dr. Lucy and Pete say goodbye to Calvin and Justin. But through the years they keep hope alive…waiting for the world to catch up with them.
REVIEW
I could kick myself for not reading any of Catherine Ryan Hyde’s books sooner due to how amazing a writer she is. Say Goodbye For Now, might be the first book of her’s that I have read, but it will not be the last. From the beginning the plot catches hold of you making it impossible to put down the book since the need to know what will happen next will overtake you. Furthermore, the book contains remarkably developed characters. As a reader, you go through their struggles with them such as overcoming adversity, bigotry and learning that sometimes you have to wait for society to catch up with what you already know is right.
Within the hatred that took place during that time the author did a beautiful job of constructing a group of strangers into a family worth fighting for but, the question is will Dr. Lucy and Calvin’s relationship sustain the test of time? Pete is my favorite character due to an ingrained integrity and huge heart that he surely did not learn at home from his father; at the young age of twelve, he knows better than most adults. Going along for the ride as he grows into an adult is fascinating. This is a very hard review for me to write because I do not want to give any part of the book away. I encourage you to pick up a copy of Say Goodbye For Now. It is a must read for anyone who enjoys a book about inner strength and determination.
Within the hatred that took place during that time the author did a beautiful job of constructing a group of strangers into a family worth fighting for but, the question is will Dr. Lucy and Calvin’s relationship sustain the test of time? Pete is my favorite character due to an ingrained integrity and huge heart that he surely did not learn at home from his father; at the young age of twelve, he knows better than most adults. Going along for the ride as he grows into an adult is fascinating. This is a very hard review for me to write because I do not want to give any part of the book away. I encourage you to pick up a copy of Say Goodbye For Now. It is a must read for anyone who enjoys a book about inner strength and determination.
There is one last thing I would like to mention though this book takes place in 1959 and yes some things have changed. Such as, it is not frowned upon being a woman doctor and you can marry anyone you would like. One thing did stay the same, bigotry. It just focuses on a different group of humans and you would think people would have evolved past the differences in others by now. Again, I can’t stress how important it is for people to read this book especially now that we are going into 2017, no matter who the person is they can be a bigot.
PURCHASE:
Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of thirty published and forthcoming books. Her bestselling 1999 novel Pay It Forward, adapted into a major Warner Bros. motion picture starring Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt, made the American Library Association’s Best Books for Young Adults list and was translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in more than thirty countries. Her novels Becoming Chloe and Jumpstart the World were included on the ALA’s Rainbow List; Jumpstart the World was also a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards and won Rainbow Awards in two categories. More than fifty of her short stories have been published in many journals, including the Antioch Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, the Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, and the Sun, and in the anthologies Santa Barbara Stories and California Shorts and the bestselling anthology Dog Is My Co-Pilot. Her short fiction received honorable mention in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, a second-place win for the Tobias Wolff Award, and nominations for Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Three have also been cited in Best American Short Stories.
Ryan Hyde is also founder and former president of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker, she has addressed the National Conference on Education, twice spoken at Cornell University, met with AmeriCorps members at the White House, and shared a dais with Bill Clinton.
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Monday, December 12th: Ms. Nose in a Book
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