Catherine Ryan Hyde
Hardcover | Pages: 272 pages Rating: 3.72 | 1998 Users | 238 Reviews
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| Title | : | Chasing Windmills |
| Author | : | Catherine Ryan Hyde |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | March 4th 2008 by Flying Dolphin Press (first published January 1st 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult. Romance |
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Catherine Ryan Hyde, bestselling author of Pay It Forward, returns with a provocative tour de force on first love—a modern-day rendering of West Side Story born on a New York City subway car and nurtured under the windmills of the Mojave Desert. The subway doors open and close, and in one moment Sebastian’s and Maria’s lives are changed forever. Rendered in Catherine Ryan Hyde’s stirring and evocative prose, CHASING WINDMILLS is a poignant love story that will leave you yearning for a subway ride that is a fraction as enchanting. Letting go becomes the purest expression of love in this extraordinary novel by the bestselling author of Pay It Forward, Catherine Ryan Hyde. Both Sebastian and Maria live in a world ruled by fear. Sebastian, a lonely seventeen-year-old, is suffocating under his dominant father’s control. In the ten years since his mother passed away, his father has kept him “safe” by barely allowing him out of their apartment. Sebastian’s secret late-night subway rides are rare acts of rebellion. another is a concealed friendship with his neighbor Delilah, who encourages him to question his father’s version of reality. Soon it becomes unclear whether even his mother’s death was a lie. Maria, a young mother of two, is trying to keep peace at home despite her boyfriend’s abuse. When she loses her job, she avoids telling him by riding the subways during her usual late-night shift. She knows her sister, Stella, is right: She needs to “live in the truth” and let the chips fall where they may. But she still hasn’t been able to bring herself to do it. And soon he will expect her paycheck to arrive. When Sebastian and Maria wind up on the same train, their eyes meet across the subway car, and these two strangers find a connection that neither can explain or ignore. Together they dream of a new future, agreeing to run away and find Sebastian’s grandmother in the Mojave Desert. But Maria doesn’t know Sebastian is only seventeen. And Sebastian doesn’t know Maria has children until the moment they leave. Ultimately, Maria brings one child, her daughter. Can she really leave her little boy behind? And, if not, what will it cost her to face her furious jilted abuser? In this tremendously moving novel, Catherine Ryan Hyde shows us how two people trapped by life’s circumstances can break free and find a place in the world where love is genuine and selfless.Describe Books As Chasing Windmills
| ISBN: | 0385521278 (ISBN13: 9780385521277) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mariecke, Sebastian |
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I was getting very nervous around 80% in the book when I thought that Carl might kill Maria when she went back for CJ or even kill CJ and Sebastian's mom also but I was relieved that didn't happen. I'm glad that they all got out with their lives even with Celia getting hurt and CJ being extremely angry with Maria. I read a lot of reviews that were complaining that this book didn't have an ending, I would disagree. I was very pleased with the ending of this book. It doesn't have a "happily everHyde, who wrote Pay It Forward among other things, has a very interesting voice. Chasing Windmills is a sort of modern, realistic fairy tale where happily ever after isn't exactly what you think it's going to be, but it's satisfyingnonetheless.Sebastian, isolated teenager aching for the outside world, and Maria, a twentysomething mother of 2 and an abused wife meet late one night on a subway train. Chemistry? Destiny? Something clicks between these two and they begin a strange, illicit affair of
Hyde, who wrote Pay It Forward among other things, has a very interesting voice. Chasing Windmills is a sort of modern, realistic fairy tale where happily ever after isn't exactly what you think it's going to be, but it's satisfying nonetheless.Sebastian, isolated teenager aching for the outside world, and Maria, atwentysomething mother of 2 and an abused wife meet late one night on a subway train. Chemistry? Destiny? Something clicks between these two and they begin a strange, illicit affair of
This book was a fun read because a lot of it is based in the city, and the 14th street subway station is an important scene in the book. Each of the characters is in a different type of abusive relationship, but both have been isolated and havent been able to experience much of the world. These complete strangers find themselves riding the subway from end to end, and an intense attraction is immediate from their first glance at each other. Eventually, this book is about a coming-of-age, both
Chasing Windmills is the story of Sebastian and Maria. They are both prisoners in their own lives, yet their situations couldnt be more different. Sebastian lives an extremely sheltered life. He is home-schooled by his controlling father and he forbids any outside relationships. Maria is trapped in an abusive relationship, by the father of her two children.Both escaping briefly, they meet on the subway train. Their relationship growing from just a quick glance to nightly meetings. Unable to deny
This book didn't fail me, was a good story, but I hated the ending, it made me cry an ocean of tears. If the ending had been different, I may have given it 5 stars.
This is my first Catherine Ryan Hyde book and it won't be my last. I adored her 17-year-old hero, his best friend. While I didn't really "get" the heroine, I loved the heart of the story. It was a deep, meaty tale.
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