Second Hand Heart (37 page)
Her answer changes everything.
By the bestselling author of WHEN I FOUND YOU, SECOND HAND HEART, and PAY IT FORWARD, DON’T LET ME GO is the heart-breaking, funny, and life-affirming story of a building full of loners and misfits who come together to help a little girl survive—and thrive—against all odds.
About the AuthorCatherine Ryan Hyde is the author of 20 published and forthcoming books. Her newer novels include
When I Found You
,
Second Hand Heart
,
Don’t Let Me Go
, and
When You Were Older.
New Kindle editions of her earlier titles
Funerals for Horses
,
Earthquake Weather and Other Stories
,
Electric God
, and
Walter’s Purple Heart
are now available. Her newest ebook title is
The Long Steep Path: Everyday Inspiration from the Author of PAY IT FORWARD
, her first book-length creative nonfiction. Forthcoming frontlist titles are
Walk Me Home
and
Where We Belong
.
She is co-author, with publishing industry blogger Anne R. Allen, of
How to Be a Writer in the E-Age…and Keep Your E-Sanity!
Her best-known novel,
Pay It Forward
, was adapted into a major motion picture, chosen by the American Library Association for its Best Books for Young Adults list, and translated into more than 23 languages for distribution in over 30 countries. The paperback was released in October 2000 by Pocket Books and quickly became a national bestseller.
Love in the Present Tense
enjoyed bestseller status in the UK, where it broke the top ten, spent five weeks on the national bestseller list, was reviewed on a major TV book club, and shortlisted for a Best Read of the Year award at the British Book Awards. Both
Becoming Chloe
and
Jumpstart the World
were included on the ALA’s Rainbow List, and
Jumpstart the World
was a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards.
More than 50 of her short stories have been published in The Antioch Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train and many other journals, and in the anthologies Santa Barbara Stories and California Shorts and the bestselling anthology Dog is my Co-Pilot. Her stories have been honored in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest and the Tobias Wolff Award and nominated for Best American Short Stories, the O’Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Three have been cited in Best American Short Stories.
Catherine is founder and former president (2000-2009) of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker she has addressed the National Conference on Education, twice spoken at Cornell University, met with Americorps members at the White House and shared a dais with Bill Clinton.
For more information, please visit the author at
catherineryanhyde.com
. You can also learn more about Catherine by picking up your copy of
The Long Steep Path
!
Fiction
Electric God/The Hardest Part of Love
Earthquake Weather and Other Stories
The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance
Non-fiction
The Long, Steep Path: Everyday Inspiration from the Author of Pay It Forward
How to be a Writer in the E-Age…And Keep Your E-Sanity
Copyright © 2011 by Catherine Ryan Hyde
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the author.
Edition: April 2013
