A great read (Love in the Present Tense - Catherine Ryan Hyde)

Member Name: jd001

Product:	Love in the Present Tense - Catherine Ryan Hyde
Date:	17/05/09 (17 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: The style in which it is written

Disadvantages: Would have liked it to be a bit longer

I was given a pile of books by a friend and this was one of them, I had never read anything by this author - Catherine Ryan Hyde, but will be looking for more of her titles in future.

THE STORY - is written from three different people's points of view through different stages of their lives', Pearl is a young mother with a terrible secret which she wants to keep at all costs. Leonard is her son who has asthma and problems with his eyesight, he is 5 years old when he first comes into it and the story takes us through to his adult life. Mitch is the neighbour who has his own problems but quite strangely comes into Pearl and Leonard's story. The story shows the depths of a Mothers love for her son and how a child can teach an adult about what he calls 'forever love'.

MY OPINION - I love it when I find a book that I don't want to put down and when I feel sad when it ends and for me this was one of those books. I loved the style in which it was written - different people describing the same events from their own angle and it was a very easy read.

This book was shortlisted by Richard and Judy's bookclub for a British Book Award 2007 and it is definately one I would recommend.

Summary: Hard to put down!