Don't Let Me Go

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

Narrated by: Chris Chappell, Cassandra Morris

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 Mr. Lafferty, kind-hearted Felipe, and nine-year-old Grace and her former addict mother, Eileen. But most of them have never seen Billy. Not until Grace begins to sit outside on the building's front stoop for hours every day, inches from Billy's patio. Troubled by this change in the natural order, Billy makes it far enough out onto his porch to ask Grace why she doesn't sit inside, where it's safe. Her answer: "If I sit inside, then nobody will know I'm in trouble. And then nobody will help me." Her answer changes everything.

By the best-selling author of When You Were Older and Pay It Forward, Don't Let Me Go is the heartbreaking, funny, and life-affirming story of a building full of loners and misfits who come together to help a little girl survive--and thrive--against all odds.

©2012 Catherine Ryan Hyde (P)2014 Audible Inc.

Critic reviews

"An excellent read." ( New Books Review)

"Original and wonderful." ( The Sun)

"Catherine Ryan Hyde at her utter best." ( ChickLit Reviews)

Nice wholesome book.

I love this writers style how masterfully she tells a very real to life story.

Loved it

Great story. Best narrators I've listened to. It needs a sequel. Would make a great movie too!!

Don't Let Me Go

This book is overall a good read. The girl, who is the main character, is older than what the cover picture portrays and is anything but shy. In fact she seems to dominate whatever scene in which she finds herself. My psychoanalytic summation is that this behavior is to keep herself from being swallowed up by the reality of the circumstances of her life. Needless to say I have no psychology background on which to base this summation. I was held in check by a ritual performed by one of the residents of "saging" an apartment in which a former resident committed suicide. In fact I did some research to see what the origin of that procedure is and what was the spiritual connection, if any. It turns out to be a New Age move done to rid a house of negative vibes. Personally I don't care for ghost stories and such but this was done cut and dry with seemingly no connection to any kind of psychic phenomena. Overall I think the book is a 4 star good read.

loved it

great story of human connection. The audio was well done and was worth the purchase!

I was so dreading this book to end.

A beautiful story filled with beautiful characters. It is the story of a whole apartment house full of loners coming together to help a young girl whose mother is an addict. Often the young girl is the one who has insight and helps the adults as much as they help her.