Say Goodbye for Now

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

Narrated by: Nick Podehl, Teri Schnaubelt

On an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid the people and places that remind her of the past. Not that any of the townsfolk care. In 1959, no one is interested in a woman doctor. Nor are they welcoming Calvin and Justin Bell, a newly arrived African American father and son.

When Pete Solomon, a neglected twelve-year-old boy, and Justin bring a wounded wolf-dog hybrid to Dr. Lucy, the outcasts soon find refuge in one another. Lucy never thought she'd make connections again, never mind fall in love. Pete never imagined he'd find friends as loyal as Justin and the dog. But these four people aren't allowed to be friends, much less a family, when the whole town turns violently against them.

With heavy hearts, Dr. Lucy and Pete say goodbye to Calvin and Justin. But through the years they keep hope alive...waiting for the world to catch up with them.

©2016 Catherine Ryan Hyde. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

worth the credit

overall worth the time/credit
male narrator does a VERY annoying voice for the female character (sigh)

I work in foster care and adoption and will seriously consider using parts of the narration in training classes for Caregivers.

#Heartfelt #ChildProtagonist #tagsgiving #sweepstakes

Great Book - Narrator Not So Great

The book and the story line was good. I have loved all of the Catherine Ryan Hyde books I have read. I did not enjoy the male narrator. His female voice was terrible. If you are going to have a male and a female narrator, they should each read for the appropriate sex. It would have sounded better if they just had one person that read all parts because the accents were off with two readers.

Realistic and so true from the past and today.

I Loved it. This could be based on so many people lives then and now.

So timely yet set in the 50’s

I loved this book from the beginning - suspenseful, heartbreaking, anger, joy - all of the emotions. A great read!

beautiful

definitely an interesting story. I felt an emotional connection to most of the characters in the story.