The release date for the English version of 'Stay' by
Catherine Ryan Hyde is Dec 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A remarkable book written by the New York Times bestselling author of Pay It Forward about the strength of kindness and friendship.
Fourteen-year-old Lucas Painter has a lot riding on his shoulders in the summer of 1969. In Vietnam, his brother is a combatant. His troubled parents are engaged in an unending conflict. Additionally, Connor, his closest buddy, is battling his own family problems. Lucas likes to take long, meandering walks to escape the chaos, and one day he wanders into the woods.
There he finds two enormous dogs and a remote cabin. He flees, scared. And he runs with the dogs. Running with the dogs brings Lucas an uncommon sense of calm, and he ultimately runs into Zoe Dinsmore, their owner. With a terrible past haunting her, Zoe is closed off and has given up. She is not in need of saving. She's ready to go. Lucas, on the other hand, is opposed to her leaving and sees a chance to reunite with several friends. Lucas's plan may be the greatest or worst he's ever come up with, but he's not giving up on Connor or Zoe.
Their surprising bond may be the lifeline that Lucas has been after, that Connor needs, and that Zoe believed she had lost.