Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank in her old van, she heads toward the Pacific Ocean with her cat—on a mission to reclaim what’s rightfully hers, even if it means making others pay for what she lost.
When fifteen-year-old Allie’s parents are jailed for tax fraud, she’s sent to a group home. But when her life is threatened by another resident, she knows she has to get out. She escapes only to find she has nowhere to go—until fate throws Allie in Bea’s path.
Reluctant to trust each other, much less become friends, the two warily make their way up the Pacific Coast. Yet as their hearts open to friendship and love from the strangers they meet on their journey, they find the courage to forge their own unique family—and begin to see an imperfect world with new eyes.
Suberb! Catherine Ryan Hyde has done it again! Even with adult responsibilities, I couldn’t put this book down. I finished it in less than 24 hours!
Thank you, CRH! I am so impressed by the way such timely and universal themes are woven through this truly classic tale for our times. These are two beautifully crafted permutations of the lives many, many Americans are leading today. A combination of facts and alternatives, and not a single “alternative fact” mars her sharing of these very believable character’s stories. A compassionate pragmatist, CRH easily slips into the heart of each woman; age is no barrier to her clear perception, and she presents their…
It’s All About Relationships I read an ARC (Advance Review Copy) of Allie and Bea, by Catherine Ryan Hyde. OMGâ¦I LOVE THIS BOOK for so many reasons! The story is relevant and the characters are likeable and authentic. Allie comes from a privileged home and is an innocent teenager who finds herself at the mercy of the foster care system. Her group home placement proves dangerous and Allie must escape from multiple would-be predators. One of them wants to physically harm her, and the other intends to sell her into the…