Brave Girl, Quiet Girl

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Mon, 06/22/2020 - 10:00am to 11:00am

Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Catherine Ryan Hyde’s 2020 novel, Brave Girl, Quiet Girl, a novel about friendship, motherhood, and the journey toward finding a place to call home. During a violent carjacking, the thief unknowingly drives off with a two year old girl in the backseat. A young homeless girl finds the baby still strapped in her car seat, and struggles mightily to care for the toddler and get her back to her mother. Hyde show once again that she is the queen of pathos as she spins out this tender and loving story.

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