My Name Is Anton

A Novel

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

Narrated by: Michael Crouch

Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde returns with a hopeful novel of sacrifice, two lost souls, and enduring love.

It’s 1965, and life has taken a turn for eighteen-year-old Anton Addison-Rice. Nearly a year after his brother died in a tragic accident, Anton is still wounded - physically and emotionally. Alone for the holidays, he catches a glimpse of his neighbor Edith across the street one evening and realizes that she’s in danger.

Anton is determined to help Edith leave her abusive marriage. Frightened and fifteen years Anton’s senior, Edith is slow to trust. But when she needs a safe place to stay, she lets down her guard, and over the course of ten days an unlikely friendship grows. As Anton falls hopelessly and selflessly in love, Edith fears both her husband finding her and Anton getting hurt. She must disappear without telling anyone where she’s going - even Anton.

If keeping Edith safe means letting her go, Anton will say goodbye forever. Or so he believes. What would happen, though, if one day their paths should cross again?

©2020 Catherine Ryan Hyde, Trustee, or Successor Trustee, of the Catherine Ryan Hyde Revocable Trust created under that certain declaration dated September 27, 1999 (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"Crouch's endearing performance allows listeners to immerse themselves in this imperfectly sweet love story." - AudioFile Magazine

"A heartwarming story spanning decades of shared trials and personal growth, [Hyde’s] latest will appeal to her loyal readers and fans of Hazel Prior, Erica Bauermeister, and HBO’s recent series Run." - Booklist

"Readers who want tales of love, family, and emotional strength in the face of hardship will cheer on Anton, Edith, and their efforts to create a family in the midst of pain. A great choice for fans of Hyde and a fine introduction to Hyde’s brand of uplifting [stories] of people thrown together by chance and united by love." - Library Journal

Catherine Hyde has written a brilliant novel!

The author has written a fantastic novel, full of intrigue and suspense! Truly heartwarming! The narration is superb, bringing the characters to life and adding depth to the story!

Fabulous!!!

First off I don’t write reviews (no good at it) and 2nd I usually listen to mysteries. There was something intriguing about the description. So glad I listened to this.

Michael Crouch IS the voice of Anton. Ms Hyde write a story of love, sorrow and happiness. Everything in between. The love Anton has for Edith made me think of and appreciate my husband who loves me like this. I’m a lucky woman. This is a wonderful book and listening to the soft soothing voice of Mr Crouch made it all the better.

Wonderful characters

What a ride through a live meant to be. Youth, strife in the home life, decades passing. Lovely tale.

Wow! Engaging with honor

Cathryn Ryan Hyde speaks to me so intensely with her writing. With the gentle words expressed by her main characters she causes emotions to stir within me and I'm on a whirlwind journey from which I long to remain long after the book is over. The same emotional journey occurred during the books "Alie and Bea," "Have you seen Louis Valez," 'heaven Adjacent," "Take Me with You," and "Pay it Forward."
And I must thank Michael Crouch. It's the narrator who can bring a book alive or deaden any emotional relevance intended by the author. I now search for other audio books read by Michael.

Something special

I rarely purchase books by authors I haven't read previously, but I'm so happy I did with this book. You never know if the star rating system is correct, but if you are looking for a great book than look no further.
I loved this coming of age story. I enjoyed every part of it, and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good story.

An awesome novel!

Catherine Ryan Hyde this novel was excellent had me on my seat. cry, laugh, mad all the emotions.

Excellent story, outstanding performance

Very nice character development. I felt like i personally knew each of the characters.

I even loved the ending. So many times I feel like readers are left hanging but in this case all the loose ends were tied up in a very believable way.

Beautiful story!

Be prepared to be touched. Loved this book! On so many levels it spoke to me.

Great story

I loved the story overall, but it took a long time to get “into it”.

I was ready to quit listening after a few chapters because of the (too) SLOW, very draggy narration.

I hate abandoning books after I’ve started them,
so I speeded it up.

First I tried listening at 1.3 speed, then bumped it up to 1.4.

That was a very good speed to listen to this.

That guy just reads like thick molasses TRYING to flow downhill.

Fun and interesting

Part of it was a little bit slow but I didn’t enjoy listening to the book. I also enjoyed hell they followed the couples experiences from childhood to midlife.