Chasing Windmills
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4.5 • 18 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From the bestselling author of Pay It Forward comes a provocative and unlikely love story that starts on a New York subway car and blossoms under the windmills of the Mojave Desert.Both Sebastian and Maria live in worlds ruled by fear. Sebastian, a lonely seventeen-year-old, is suffocating under his dominant father's control; Maria, a young mother of two, is trying to keep peace at home despite her boyfriend's abuse. When their eyes meet across a subway car one night, these two strangers find a connection that neither can explain or ignore. They dream of a new future and agree to run away together, only to find that each has kept a major secret from the other. In this tremendously moving novel, Catherine Ryan Hyde shows us how two people trapped by life's circumstances can break free and find a place in the world where love is genuine and selfless.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the simple and captivating latest from Pay It Forward author Hyde, a chance encounter proves life-changing for two lonely New York City subway riders. Four months shy of 18, Sebastian Mundt has been held a virtual prisoner by his father since his mother died: his father home-schools him and doesn't let him have outside relationships. One night, with his father heavily sedated by his sleeping pill, Sebastian sneaks out to ride the subway and locks eyes with Maria Arquette, a young mother who is caught in an abusive marriage. The two share an instant connection and take to meeting on the subway almost nightly and tentatively planning a future in the California desert town that Sebastian remembers from childhood, where thousands of windmills stretch out across the horizon. Hyde gracefully alternates between Sebastian's and Maria's perspectives with gentle nods to this New York love story's precursors . It is their voices at once utterly credible and heartbreakingly na ve that make the book, and while this is being billed as an adult novel, its closest stylistic relative is S.E. Hinton's YA classic The Outsiders.
Customer Reviews
Outstanding. Completely engrossing.
I always enjoy this author. And this book did not disappoint. I felt like the characters were trusting me to tell their story to me. Like I was their best friend. I could not put the book down. And when I did, I couldn't stop thinking about it and planning when I could get back to reading it. It's that good!
Chasing Windmills
I really enjoyed this story. It was quite a journey and very well written. The characters are very believable and their personal stories as well as their relationships really drew me in. It was a very interesting read and it kept calling me back so that I finished it in just a few days. I would highly recommend this story. It made me feel, it made me think and the ending was a real surprise. It makes me want to read more from this author and I hope soon to find more of her books here on Apple iBooks.