Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde
Publisher: Lake Union
Publication date: September 2019
In the summer of 1969, fourteen-year-old Lucas Painter
carries a huge weight on his shoulders. His brother is fighting in Vietnam. His
embattled parents are locked in a never-ending war. And his best friend,
Connor, is struggling with his own family issues. To find relief from the
chaos, Lucas takes long, meandering walks, and one day he veers into the woods.
There he discovers an isolated cabin and two huge dogs.
Frightened, he runs. And the dogs run with him. Lucas finds unusual peace in
running with the dogs, and eventually he meets their owner, Zoe Dinsmore.
Closed off and haunted by a tragic past, Zoe has given up. She doesn’t want to
be saved. She wants out. But Lucas doesn’t want her to go, and he sees an
opportunity to bring more than one friend back into the light. It’s either the
best or worst idea he’s ever had, but Lucas isn’t giving up on Zoe or Connor.
Their unexpected connection might be the saving grace that
Zoe thought she’d lost, that Connor needs, and that Lucas has been running
toward.
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About the author:
Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of more than thirty
published and forthcoming books. An avid hiker, traveler, equestrian, and
amateur photographer, she has released her first book of photos, 365
Days of Gratitude: Photos from a Beautiful World.
Her novel Pay It Forward was adapted into a
major motion picture, chosen by the American Library Association (ALA) for its
Best Book for Young Adults list, and translated into more than twenty-three
languages for distribution in over thirty countries. Both Becoming
Chloe and Jumpstart the World were included on the
ALA’s Rainbow List, and Jumpstart the World was a finalist for
two Lambda Literary Awards. Where We Belong won two Rainbow
Awards in 2013, and The Language of Hoofbeats won a Rainbow
Award in 2015.
More than fifty of her short stories have been published in
the Antioch Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Virginia
Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, and
many other journals, and in the anthologies Santa Barbara Stories and California
Shorts and the bestselling anthology Dog Is My Co-Pilot.
Her stories have been honored in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest and the
Tobias Wolff Award and nominated for the O. Henry Award and the Pushcart Prize.
Three have been cited in The Best American Short Stories.
She is founder and former president (2000–2009) of the Pay
It Forward Foundation and still serves on its board of directors. 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.
Connect with Catherine
Instagram tour:
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Wednesday, December 4th: @beauty_andthebook
Wednesday, December 4th: @one_more_paige
Thursday, December 5th: @thebookend.diner
Friday, December 6th: @beritaudiokilledthebookmark
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Sunday, December 8th: @novelgossip
Monday, December 9th: @bluntscissorsbookreviews
Tuesday, December 10th: @wellreadtraveler
TBD: Saturday, December 7th: @thats_what_she_read
Review tour:
Tuesday, December 3rd: Helen’s
Book Blog
Wednesday, December 4th: Book
by Book
Thursday, December 5th: The Bookend Diner
Friday, December 6th: Audio Killed the Bookmark
Friday, December 6th: View
from the Birdhouse
Monday, December 9th: Christian Chick’s Thoughts
Monday, December 9th: Blooming With Books
Tuesday, December 10th: Girl Who Reads
Tuesday, December 10th: Wellreadtraveler
Wednesday, December 11th: Run Wright
Thursday, December 12th: I’d
Rather Be Reading at the Beach
Thursday, December 12th: From the TBR Pile
Friday, December 13th: Not in Jersey and @notinjersey
Monday, December 16th: @readingmama_reviews
Monday, December 16th: A Chick Who Reads
Tuesday, December 17th: Write Read Life
Wednesday, December 18th: The Sketchy Reader and @thesketchyreader
Thursday, December 19th: Thoughts on This ‘n That
Friday, December 20th: Palmer’s Page Turners
Friday, December 20th: Diary of a Stay at Home Mom
Monday, December 23rd: Patricia’s Wisdom
1 comment:
This is getting RAVE reviews, I hope you get a chance to read this one! Thank you for featuring it. Sara @ TLC Book Tours
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