Catherine Ryan Hyde's Books
Nov.09.2012
"A fantastic read which will have people talking about it for many weeks and months to come." -Sarah of Sarah's Book Reviews
"My favourite novel yet by this author!" -Lindsay of The Little Reader Library."
Russell Ammiano works on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center. On the morning of September 11, 2001, the phone rings while Rusty is rushing to work. The news is...
Aug.13.2012
If we’d known the challenges writers would face in the 21st century, we’d have gone into a more stable profession. Maybe running an all-ayatollah drag show in downtown Tehran. Let’s face it. Aspiring writers need help. More so every day. When even seasoned publishing professionals can’t keep up, what’s the newbie to do? HOW TO BE A WRITER IN THE E-AGE and Keep Your E-Sanity is a...
Jun.16.2012
“An excellent read.” –New Books Review
“Original and wonderful.” –The Sun
The U.K. bestseller is now available in the U.S. for the first time!
Former Broadway dancer and current agoraphobic Billy Shine has not set foot outside his apartment in almost a decade. He has glimpsed his neighbors—beautiful manicurist Rayleen, lonely old Ms. Hinman, bigoted and angry...
Sep.29.2011
GRACE: Ten-year-old Grace knows that her mum loves her, but her mum loves drugs too. And there's only so long Grace can fend off the 'woman from the county' who is threatening to put her into care. Her only hope is...
BILLY: Grown-man Billy Shine hasn't been out of his apartment for years. People scare him, and the outside world scares him even more. Day in, day out, he lives a...
Sep.19.2011
Nathan McCann's life is safe and comfortable but not much more. His wife has her own bedroom, usually with the door shut. His best friend is his curly-coated retriever, Sadie. But Flora won't even allow her in the house.
One morning at dawn, on a routine duck hunt, his dog finds an abandoned newborn in a pile of leaves in the woods. It's a cold October morning, so Nathan assumes he...
Jun.20.2011
Richard is a 36-year-old man who’s just lost his beloved wife in a car accident. Still in shock and not even having begun the process of grieving, he is invited to the hospital to meet Vida, the young woman who received her donor heart. Vida takes one look at Richard and feels she’s loved him all her life. Richard assumes she’s just a foolish young girl. And maybe she is. Or maybe...
Oct.12.2010
Elle's a loner. She doesn't need people. Which is good, because now she has to move out of her apartment so her mother's boyfriend won't have to deal with her. Then she meets Frank, the guy next door. Being with him is impossible: he's a grown-up and has a girlfriend. Still, Elle can't stop thinking about him. Frank isn't like anyone Elle has ever met. He listens...
Oct.12.2010
When Theresa brings James to a party as her date, it’s just for the night . . . and he knows that. But when everything goes horribly wrong, James drives his motorcycle off a cliff.
Theresa tries to run away from the pain, becoming a new young woman with a whole new life. She meets people, of course, but she never really makes connections—she’s too scared she’ll hurt them, too. But...
Sep.16.2010
One girl: Vida is nineteen, very sick, and has spent her short life preparing for death. But a new chance brings its own story, because for Vida to live, someone had to die. One man: Richard has just lost his beloved wife in a car accident. He hasn't even begun to address his grief, but feels compelled to meet the girl who inherited his wife's heart. Someone else's heart: In...
Sep.10.2009
Nathan McCann's life is sane and comfortable but not much more. His wife has her own bedroom, usually with the door shut. His best friend is his curly-coated retriever, Sadie. But Flora won't even allow her in the house.
One morning at dawn, on a routine duck hunt, his dog finds an abandoned newborn in a pile of leaves in the woods. It's a cold October...
Aug.25.2009
Ernie doesn't have a lot of friends at school. Just Will. They have stuff in common—like fishing. But more important, they have common enemies: the school jocks, who seem to find bullying just another sport.
Ernie and Will take life at high school in stride. Until Will has one very bad day. Now nothing is remotely funny. Ernie finds himself a witness—to loss, to...
Mar.10.2009
This provocative, unlikely love story that starts on a New York subway car and blossoms under the windmills of the Mojave Desert. Sebastian and Maria live in worlds ruled by fear. Sebastian, a lonely seventeen-year-old, is suffocating under his dominant father's control; Maria, young mother of two, tries to keep peace at home despite her boyfriend's abuse. When their eyes meet...
Jul.10.2007
A moving novel about the bond between a five year old abandoned by his mother and the man who raises him. After accidentally killing a police office five years ago, Pearl has managed to protect her bright, frail young son Leonard from her violent past. Then one day, Pearl drops him off with their neighbor Mitch, and never returns. Mitch is far from the ideal caretaker--he’s having...
Mar.27.2007
Cynnie can take care of herself—and more importantly, she can take care of her little brother, Bill. So it doesn’t matter that her mom is drunk all the time. Cynnie’s got her own life. Cynnie’s the one Bill loves more than anyone. Cynnie’s the real mother in the house. And if there’s one thing she knows for sure, it’s that she’ll never, ever sink as low as her mother. But when...
Mar.28.2006
Meet Jordy. He’s on his own in New York. Nobody to depend on; nobody depending on him. And it’s been working fine. Until this girl comes along. She’s 18 and blond and pretty–her world should be perfect. But she’s seen things no one should ever see in their whole life–the kind of things that break a person. She doesn’t seem broken, though. She seems . . . innocent. Like she...
About Catherine
Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of 18 published and forthcoming books including the newest releases Don't Let Me Go, Jumpstart the World, Second Hand Heart and When I Found You. Other novels in print are Becoming Chloe, Love in the...
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Causes Catherine Hyde Supports
The Pay It Forward Foundation, Marriage Equality (See Human Rights Campaign), the 350 movement to help ease global climate change, LandWatch San Luis Obispo...