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| Love in the Present Tense | 
 enlarge | Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde
Publisher: Black Swan
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 9831
Media: Paperback
Edition: New title
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0552773646
EAN: 9780552773645
ASIN: 0552773646
Publication Date: January 14, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Good condition. Paperback. Slight wear to cover and spine. Pages good condition.
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 Lovable, loving and lovely - and that's just 5-year-old Leonard October 8, 2008
I like the way Catherine Ryan Hyde really gets into the mind of each of the main characters - and even some of the minor characters (like the red-haired guy at Santa Monica Blvd.). She also gives us the warm glow of brimful human emotion at the end of each chapter.
As a 5-year-old, Leonard seems amazingly mature. But, given his circumstances, he needs to mature very quickly. In any case, how many 5-year-olds do we really know well? Some of his `innocent child' thoughts were brilliantly expressed - eg. "I couldn't hang on to this dream. It kept sliding away. It was like trying to grab a handful of water".(p.74), and "I think it was hard for me to understand that the world kept going while I was sleeping". (p.102).
The whole book was nicely structured, with clear chapter headings: eg. "Leonard age 5: The cuss jar"; and "Mitch age 25: breathe"; and "Pearl, age 17: safe" ; etc. Such headings are very helpful to the reader. This structure is a nice style/technique which allows each character to speak in their own voice and relate their own stories and versions of significant events.
The final chapters spin the suspense and seem just on the edges of plausibility.
 Incredibly moving June 23, 2008
I really really loved this book. It was written from several different perspectives over past and present timelines and kept me focused and interested throughout. The characters were all emotionally flawed in some way but deeply likeable, especially Leonard. His perceptiveness, kind and wise nature was touching and inspiring. The main relationships had so much depth and tenderness and were forged in spite of and because of varying traumatic events; theoretically these characters ought to have been left emotionally bitter and scarred - the beauty of this book lay in their ability to continue to love. Just wonderful.
Loved it! May 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book really cheap on a whim and i'm glad i did. it is one of the best books i have read in a while, i just could not put it and finished it in less than a day. you genuinely feel for all of the characters and are hoping that everything will turn out ok. the central relationship between Leonard and Mitch is really touching. read this book and you will lose yourself in it.
One of the best books I've read this year March 17, 2008
I don't get a lot of time to read, so I'm quite selective in my choice. But I loved this book and would highly recommend it.
Heartwarming January 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a special book; very easy to read but thought provoking. I loved her other book, Pay it Forward, more though. This makes you feel good and believe in people's goodness which makes a change from all the easy cynicism to which I'm drawn.
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