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Love in the Present Tense - Catherine Ryan Hyde

 
Description: ISBN 0552773646 / Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde / Genre: Fiction / Mitch is a 25-year-old with commitment issues. Leonard is a five-year-old kid with asthma and vision problems, who captivates everyone he meets. Pearl is Leonard's teenage mother, who's trying to hide a violent ... more
Love in the Present Tense - Catherine Ryan Hyde ... secret from her past. Life has given Pearl every reason to mistrust people, but circumstances force her to trust her neighbour, Mitch. Then one day, with a heart full of agony, Pearl drops Leonard off with Mitch and never returns. Pearl, Leonard and Mitch each have a story to tell and as their lives unfold, profound questions arise about the nature of love and family. How do you go on loving someone who isn't there? With Leonard's absolute conviction in 'forever love' always present, Leonard and Mitch grow up side by side and piece together the layered truths and fictions of their almost magical lives. The answers are heartbreaking, but ultimately triumphant.

Newest Review: ... that this man would be his father, or that anybody would have to die." Each chapter is dedicated to a different ... more

 ... character, sometimes at different ages, both of which are clearly stated. The writing style and language differs depending who is telling us the story, this is executed well and really helps you get more of a feel for the character and also helps you stay in the frame of mind of whoever's view point you are reading. It emphasises how and why this person is thinking this way. For example when we first meet Pearl at thirteen the writing style is not correct English but more accurate to how Pearl actually would have spoke or wro...more

missixty
Premium Review Love in the Present Tense - Catherine Ryan Hyde: Forever love (1308 words)
by missixty - written on 13/12/07 (Very useful, 119 readings)
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I recently finished the last of my books that I had bought on my last book 'splurge' and had nothing left to read, and no money to go out and buy a new book. I'm the sort of girl who has to read every day. I will always make time even if just to fit in one chapter. No matter how tired when I go to bed I always read at least a little of whichever book I have on the go. So on my late night quest to find something to read I came across this book which I had bought for my mum for mother's day on her request. At the time I had read the back of the book and not felt much interest for it. However, pickings were slim and I decided to give it a chance. When ...

bluejules
Premium Review Love is a Magical Thing (1048 words)
by bluejules - written on 02/08/07 (Very useful, 98 readings)
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This is the second of this year’s Richard and Judy book club books that I have read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. ~ The Author ~ Catherine Ryan Hyde is an acclaimed novelist and award-winning short-story writer. She wrote Pay It Forward, which was made into a feature film starring Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt. She lives in California. ~ The Book ~ “So much of how it was started when that cop got out and came up to me. But I didn’t know all this when it first happened. I didn’t know there would ever be a Leonard, or that this man would be his father, or that anybody would have to die” I thought this was a very powerful ...

 

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