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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Mit viel Herz erzählt. 3,5 Sterne
Carly und Jen haben einen langen Weg vor sich. Sie haben es nicht einfach, schlagen sich alleine durch und geraten in gefährliche Situationen. Die beiden haben nur noch einander. Um nicht getrennt zu werden, müssen sie ihre wahre Situation verheimlichen.
Immer wieder versuchen sie Teddy zu erreichen. Obwohl er sich nicht meldet ist Carly fest davon überzeugt, dass er ihnen helfen wird. Er ist die einzige Person, der sie vertraut. Aber Jen vertraut ihm nicht.
Und als sie bei den indigenen Wakapi festgehalten werden und Jen sich der alten Dolores anvertraut, scheinen die Wege der beiden Schwestern scheinen sich doch zu trennen...
Da das nicht mein erstes Buch von der Autorin ist, wusste ich so ungefähr was ich zu erwarten hatte. Und wie erwartet verfolgt man hier nicht nur die bewegende Reise der beiden Mädchen auf der Suche nach dem Ex-Freund ihrer Mutter, sondern auch die Vorgeschichte. Ganz langsam erschließen sich die Verhältnisse aus den Flashbacks.
Nichts ist wie es scheint. Eine Mutter, die ihre Töchter von einer Stadt in die nächste schleppt, sich aber auf ihre eigene Art kümmert, ein Stiefvater zu dem sie ein tolles Verhältnis hatten bevor ihre Welt zusammengebrochen ist. Menschen denen sie fälschlicherweise vertrauen und Fremde, die wirklich helfen wollen und mittendrin zwei Mädchen, die alles versuchen um nicht getrennt zu werden.
Teile dieser Reise waren erschrecken glaubhaft, trotz der Extremsituation realistisch dargestellt. Andere Teile der Geschichte sind aber unglaubwürdig. Das Ehrlichkeits-System hat mich wirklich beeindruckt.
Mit den Mädchen habe ich mitgefühlt obwohl ich nicht so richtig verstanden habe warum sie nicht über ihre Gefühle, Ängste und Vermutungen sprechen. Carly wirkt sehr oft sehr trotzig, ist kein einfacher Charakter aber ich konnte ihren kleinen Komplex gegenüber ihrer so unbekümmerten kleinen Schwester verstehen. Tragisch, wie sie Jen nicht glauben konnte, weil das hieße, dass auch Teddy Jen bevorzugt.
Aber das liegt daran, dass sie erst 16 ist und aus einem so unstabilen Umfeld kommt. Die Komplexität der Gefühle wurde leider nicht so ganz transportiert. Man weiß, da müssen unterdrückte Gefühle sein, aufgestaute und verworrene. Aber in der Art, wie es erzählt ist, kommt das nicht rüber.
Insgesamt sind die Figuren toll gezeichnet, alle denen Carly und Jen auf dieser Reise begegnen. Dolores so eigen, Alvin so hilfsbereit, der Junge im Zug so positiv, die Frau und ihr etwas seniler Mann so großzügig. Und Teddy, was eine tragische, erbärmliche Person.
Ich habe das Ganze gespannt verfolgt und gerne gelesen, mein Herz ist gebrochen, als Carly enttäuscht wird und am Ende die Wahrheit erfährt.
Carly und Jen haben einen langen Weg vor sich. Sie haben es nicht einfach, schlagen sich alleine durch und geraten in gefährliche Situationen. Die beiden haben nur noch einander. Um nicht getrennt zu werden, müssen sie ihre wahre Situation verheimlichen.
Immer wieder versuchen sie Teddy zu erreichen. Obwohl er sich nicht meldet ist Carly fest davon überzeugt, dass er ihnen helfen wird. Er ist die einzige Person, der sie vertraut. Aber Jen vertraut ihm nicht.
Und als sie bei den indigenen Wakapi festgehalten werden und Jen sich der alten Dolores anvertraut, scheinen die Wege der beiden Schwestern scheinen sich doch zu trennen...
Da das nicht mein erstes Buch von der Autorin ist, wusste ich so ungefähr was ich zu erwarten hatte. Und wie erwartet verfolgt man hier nicht nur die bewegende Reise der beiden Mädchen auf der Suche nach dem Ex-Freund ihrer Mutter, sondern auch die Vorgeschichte. Ganz langsam erschließen sich die Verhältnisse aus den Flashbacks.
Nichts ist wie es scheint. Eine Mutter, die ihre Töchter von einer Stadt in die nächste schleppt, sich aber auf ihre eigene Art kümmert, ein Stiefvater zu dem sie ein tolles Verhältnis hatten bevor ihre Welt zusammengebrochen ist. Menschen denen sie fälschlicherweise vertrauen und Fremde, die wirklich helfen wollen und mittendrin zwei Mädchen, die alles versuchen um nicht getrennt zu werden.
Teile dieser Reise waren erschrecken glaubhaft, trotz der Extremsituation realistisch dargestellt. Andere Teile der Geschichte sind aber unglaubwürdig. Das Ehrlichkeits-System hat mich wirklich beeindruckt.
Mit den Mädchen habe ich mitgefühlt obwohl ich nicht so richtig verstanden habe warum sie nicht über ihre Gefühle, Ängste und Vermutungen sprechen. Carly wirkt sehr oft sehr trotzig, ist kein einfacher Charakter aber ich konnte ihren kleinen Komplex gegenüber ihrer so unbekümmerten kleinen Schwester verstehen. Tragisch, wie sie Jen nicht glauben konnte, weil das hieße, dass auch Teddy Jen bevorzugt.
Aber das liegt daran, dass sie erst 16 ist und aus einem so unstabilen Umfeld kommt. Die Komplexität der Gefühle wurde leider nicht so ganz transportiert. Man weiß, da müssen unterdrückte Gefühle sein, aufgestaute und verworrene. Aber in der Art, wie es erzählt ist, kommt das nicht rüber.
Insgesamt sind die Figuren toll gezeichnet, alle denen Carly und Jen auf dieser Reise begegnen. Dolores so eigen, Alvin so hilfsbereit, der Junge im Zug so positiv, die Frau und ihr etwas seniler Mann so großzügig. Und Teddy, was eine tragische, erbärmliche Person.
Ich habe das Ganze gespannt verfolgt und gerne gelesen, mein Herz ist gebrochen, als Carly enttäuscht wird und am Ende die Wahrheit erfährt.
Wow, this book still delivers an incredible story but I think I had to suspend my belief a little more for the characters, Jen and Carly. It was too much to invest that the death of their mother and not having a big, complicated situation with living arrangements with total strangers, AND having to believe that different states/governmental agencies not getting involved.
Wow, this book still delivers an incredible story but I think I had to suspend my belief a little more for the characters, Jen and Carly. It was too much to invest that the death of their mother and not having a big, complicated situation with living arrangements with total strangers, AND having to believe that different states/governmental agencies not getting involved.
Wow, this book still delivers an incredible story but I think I had to suspend my belief a little more for the characters, Jen and Carly. It was too much to invest that the death of their mother and not having a big, complicated situation with living arrangements with total strangers, AND having to believe that different states/governmental agencies not getting involved.
Overall, it's a good book, it's just a little too unrealistic in some parts. Not one of my favorites by CRH, but still a good read.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Long, complicated journey of body and souls
We go through many trials and tribulations with these girls. Their journeys, separate and together, are thought provoking and surprising. Well worth the read.
We go through many trials and tribulations with these girls. Their journeys, separate and together, are thought provoking and surprising. Well worth the read.
Catherine Ryan Hyde is one of the best storytellers I’ve ever read. I’ve yet to read one of her books that didn’t just completely engross me.
This was the perfect way to spend a Saturday. Here’s what amazon has to say about this book. Note this is also another kindle unlimited.
Since their mother’s sudden death, sixteen-year-old Carly and her eleven-year-old sister, Jen, have been walking and hitchhiking across the Southwest trying to find Teddy, the closest thing they have to a family. Carly desperately hopes Teddy will take them in and save them from going into foster care—and forgive them for the lies told by their mother.
But when the starving girls get caught stealing food on a Native American reservation, their journey gets put on hold. While the girls work off their debt, Carly becomes determined to travel onward—until Jen confesses a terrible secret that leaves both sisters wondering if they can ever trust again.
Set against the backdrop of the American Southwest, Walk Me Home and its resilient heroines will inspire readers and renew their faith in recovery and redemption.
This was the perfect way to spend a Saturday. Here’s what amazon has to say about this book. Note this is also another kindle unlimited.
Since their mother’s sudden death, sixteen-year-old Carly and her eleven-year-old sister, Jen, have been walking and hitchhiking across the Southwest trying to find Teddy, the closest thing they have to a family. Carly desperately hopes Teddy will take them in and save them from going into foster care—and forgive them for the lies told by their mother.
But when the starving girls get caught stealing food on a Native American reservation, their journey gets put on hold. While the girls work off their debt, Carly becomes determined to travel onward—until Jen confesses a terrible secret that leaves both sisters wondering if they can ever trust again.
Set against the backdrop of the American Southwest, Walk Me Home and its resilient heroines will inspire readers and renew their faith in recovery and redemption.
This book is extremely gripping and had me guessing from the start. What was it that happened that was so terrible, it had forced Carly and Jen to run away and put themselves in a dangerous life or death situation.
The story starts with Carly and Jen escaping from their home in New Mexico.We are not sure why, but we know that they need to get to Teddy in California as he will help them. What ensues is a dangerous journey where the girls do not know where they will get their next meal from or where they will sleep for the night.
Being a story about sisters, I could really relate to the relationship between Carly and Jen. Carly is the older sister at 16 years old and Jen is the younger sister at 12 years old. Carly takes it upon herself to be the responsible one. Jen seems to be at first happy to go along with what Carly says. It is only when they meet Delores on the way that I started to see that Carly was stubborn and just wouldn't accept help from anyone. I started to find myself siding with Jen and started to wonder what it was that Jen was hiding. However as you go further into the book, Carly's behaviour is completely understandable and being an older sister myself in that situation I think I would be the same. Carly was just as scared as her sister and she was trying to cover it up by being the adult when she was just a child herself.
I desperately wanted the girls to make it and I was frightened for them. They were walking from the unknown into the unknown. It is an emotional as well as a physical journey, with the girls trying to find happiness at the end. You will be with them all the way experiencing everything they go through and the emotional turmoil they are in.
Catherine has a great way of putting pen to paper; I could picture everything so well- the surroundings the atmosphere, the temperature, the emotions circling round the characters. I felt in connection with the novel if that makes sense. I have never read anything by Catherine Ryan Hyde before, so wasn't sure what to expect, but it was riveting.
Written in five parts, this novel takes you between the past and the present. I like novels that do this as like in this novel, you start in the present with leaves you with questions as to how Jen and Carly got into the situation they are in. Then the story takes us back a bit explaining the relationship between Carly and her Mum and Teddy. I found myself racing through the book to find out what had happened to cause them to make such a drastic decision to leave home.
I have never read anything by Catherine Ryan Hyde before and I can honestly say I will be reading more from her as this was riveting! I cannot believe she has written nineteen novels and I haven't come across her books before! I will definitely be reading more from her.
The story starts with Carly and Jen escaping from their home in New Mexico.We are not sure why, but we know that they need to get to Teddy in California as he will help them. What ensues is a dangerous journey where the girls do not know where they will get their next meal from or where they will sleep for the night.
Being a story about sisters, I could really relate to the relationship between Carly and Jen. Carly is the older sister at 16 years old and Jen is the younger sister at 12 years old. Carly takes it upon herself to be the responsible one. Jen seems to be at first happy to go along with what Carly says. It is only when they meet Delores on the way that I started to see that Carly was stubborn and just wouldn't accept help from anyone. I started to find myself siding with Jen and started to wonder what it was that Jen was hiding. However as you go further into the book, Carly's behaviour is completely understandable and being an older sister myself in that situation I think I would be the same. Carly was just as scared as her sister and she was trying to cover it up by being the adult when she was just a child herself.
I desperately wanted the girls to make it and I was frightened for them. They were walking from the unknown into the unknown. It is an emotional as well as a physical journey, with the girls trying to find happiness at the end. You will be with them all the way experiencing everything they go through and the emotional turmoil they are in.
Catherine has a great way of putting pen to paper; I could picture everything so well- the surroundings the atmosphere, the temperature, the emotions circling round the characters. I felt in connection with the novel if that makes sense. I have never read anything by Catherine Ryan Hyde before, so wasn't sure what to expect, but it was riveting.
Written in five parts, this novel takes you between the past and the present. I like novels that do this as like in this novel, you start in the present with leaves you with questions as to how Jen and Carly got into the situation they are in. Then the story takes us back a bit explaining the relationship between Carly and her Mum and Teddy. I found myself racing through the book to find out what had happened to cause them to make such a drastic decision to leave home.
I have never read anything by Catherine Ryan Hyde before and I can honestly say I will be reading more from her as this was riveting! I cannot believe she has written nineteen novels and I haven't come across her books before! I will definitely be reading more from her.
Not overly inventive, plot-wise, but an well done depiction of a neglected and angry teenager grudgingly learning how to lean on others and accept love.