Have You Seen Luis Velez?

Have You Seen Luis Velez?

By Catherine Ryan Hyde
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“A master of making a heartwarming tale feel authentic and socially urgent, Hyde (Just After Midnight, 2018, etc.) deftly sketches the plights of Raymond and Millie, weighting their friendship with worries and regrets that echo as true…A tender tale of new families born of chance and the determination to bring light into darkness.

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An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde brings heartwarming authenticity to the story of two strangers who find that kindness is a powerful antidote to fear.

Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he’s tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who’s introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez?

Mildred Gutermann, a German Jew who narrowly escaped the Holocaust, has been alone since her caretaker disappeared. She turns to Raymond for help, and as he tries to track Luis down, a deep and unexpected friendship blossoms between the two.

Despondent at the loss of Luis, Mildred isolates herself further from a neighborhood devolving into bigotry and fear. Determined not to let her give up, Raymond helps her see that for every terrible act the world delivers, there is a mirror image of deep kindness, and Mildred helps Raymond see that there’s hope if you have someone to hold on to.

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    A Book Of Substance

    A book club friend of mine told me of this book. Since we both have similar tastes, I did not hesitate to get it...and, as I usually do, went the audio book route. I want to take a moment to praise the narrator. Usually, I take the time to check out the name of the narrator, but this time I jumped right in. All through the book, I though I was listening to two narrators, a man and a woman. At the end, I found out that I was listening to just one incredibly talented male narrator. I am grateful for his performance. As for the book, I am grateful to my friend for recommending it. If you are not worried about shedding a few tears, then I highly recommend this book.

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