Say Goodbye for Now, Catherine Ryan Hyde
Say Goodbye for Now, Catherine Ryan Hyde
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Say Goodbye for Now

Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde

Narrator: Nick Podehl, Teri Schnaubelt

Unabridged: 8 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/13/2016

Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes a feel-good story of four outcasts who learn that some bonds are stronger than blood.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.

About Catherine Ryan Hyde

Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of thirty-three published books. Her bestselling 1999 novel, Pay It Forward, adapted into a major Warner Bros. motion picture, 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. The Language of Hoofbeats won a Rainbow Award. 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, as well as 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.Hyde is the 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. An avid equestrian, photographer, and traveler, she lives in California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on December 13, 2016

4.5 stars Say Goodbye for Now is a beautifully written book that will stay with me for a long while. While the summary for the book focuses on the relationship between Dr. Lucy and Calvin, I felt the main character was actually Pete Solomon, who has become my favorite adolescent character in fiction......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on May 01, 2021

I started listening to this as an audiobook before switching over to reading it. Listening to it I missed an important detail: I had to go back and check the year and geographic setting of the novel because I was confused when there was an issue with a twelve-year-old white kid befriending the new b......more

Goodreads review by Carole on March 31, 2018

This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life in Books. I enjoyed this book. I really thought that this was going to be a book about a dog based on the cover. I obviously did not read the book's summary prior to starting this audiobook. There is a dog in the book but that dog is really not th......more

Goodreads review by Judy on May 24, 2017

Master storyteller, Catherine Ryan Hyde returns following Leaving Blythe River (2016) with another heartfelt powerful message with SAY GOODBYE FOR NOW. —With highly charged topics, from untraditional families; love, loss, racial tension, animals, and the chance meetings of four unique souls drawn......more

Goodreads review by CL on December 18, 2016

It's 1959 and the country is still prejudiced against anyone of color. When an abused 12 year old boy, Pete, finds what he thinks is a dog injured alongside the road he tries to help it and his best friend abandons him. Turned away from the vets because the animal is a cross between a wolf and dog h......more

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An Amazon Best Book of the Month: Literature & Fiction Category

“A moving story about patience, trust, the families we choose, and the love it takes to let somebody go.” —Booklist

“[A] heartwarming tale of transgression and redemption.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Catherine Ryan Hyde delivers once again with this feel-good story guaranteed to be a hit…” —Redbook

“Catherine Ryan Hyde is a most discerning and gifted writer. She writes quietly yet powerfully, with words chosen and placed carefully, words that enfold and pull the reader deeply into her story.” —Bookreporter

“Prolific author Hyde has created a moving family story that tackles broad themes of racism, compassion, abuse, and love. Readers will be hoping that the characters find true love and justice.” —Library Journal

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