#SRC2015 Worthy by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Week of June 8: Worthy by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Destination: Bask in the simplicity of a small town

Virginia has always wanted the chance at a relationship with Aaron, a widower with a young son. She finally gets the opportunity, but their date is cut short when tragedy strikes, ending their hopes of a relationship. Years later, Virginia is engaged, but when she discovers that her fiancé intentionally let her dog loose, she calls off the wedding. She finds her dog with a shy young man, whom Virginia soon realizes is connected to her past in ways that she could never have imagined.

Catherine Ryan Hyde is the bestselling author of twenty-seven published and forthcoming books. Some of her recent books include The Language of Hoofbeats, Take Me with You, Where We Belong, and Don’t Let Me Go. Her short stories have been published in Antioch Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, and the Sun. She has received numerous awards, including the Rainbow Award and the British Book Award. Her bestselling 1999 novel Pay It Forward was adapted into a major motion picture and translated into twenty-three languages. Hyde is the founder of the Pay It Forward Foundation

Worthy is one of those books that draws the reader in.  Catherine Ryan Hyde has such a distinct voice and the way she tells her stories makes the characters so real.  She takes her time building the story and the characters, creating an attachment between the story within the pages and the reader themselves.  There is something for every reader in Worthy and this is one of those books I will not soon forget.  5 stars