Earthquake Weather and Other Stories

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

This is the hotly anticipated followup to Hyde's critically acclaimed novel FUNERALS FOR HORSES.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 1998

About the author

Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of more than 50 published and forthcoming books.

She is co-author, with publishing industry blogger Anne R. Allen, of How to be a Writer in the E-Age: a Self-Help Guide.

Her bestselling 1999 novel Pay It Forward was made into a major Warner Brothers motion picture. It was chosen by the American Library Association for its Best Books for Young Adults list, and translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in over 30 countries. Simon & Schuster released a special 15th anniversary edition in December of ’14.

Pay It Forward: Young Readers Edition, an age-appropriate edited edition of the original novel, was released by Simon & Schuster in August of ‘14. It is suitable for children as young as eight.

You can learn much more about Catherine at www.catherineryanhyde.com

Reviews

[Anita · Rating 5 out of 5]

I seldom read short stories, because I'm almost always disappointed. I read this book, because I enjoyed several novels by this author and wanted to take a peak. These are well-crafted and disturbing stories told in a non-judgmental way. If you are looking for something "feel good" this is not it. These stories showed things that I'd rather not look at as seen from the eyes of those who do these things. It answers the question "What were they thinking?" These stories feel so real when seen in that light and that makes them close to home and disturbing. I found them very engaging reading.

[Amira Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

A gentle, non-judgemental perception. Very graceful.

[Debra Chiaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great!

A wonderful group of short stories from one of my favorite authors. Ms. Catherine Ryan Hyde has an amazing way of understanding the human condition. Her stories bring out the best in people and give the reader pause to think. I'm very grateful for having found her through my Kindle and I would like to thank her for all her writing. I intend to get to all that she has available.

[Santina Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

Earthquake Weather, and Other Stories


I like this writer and have enjoyed many of her novels, but I am not a fan of short stories. For those who are,you may enjoy the short reads, but I prefer Nudes novels.

[Irene · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing

I'm glad this isn't the first book I read by Catherine Ryan Hyde because then I would have missed out on all the great books that followed. These stories were awful and ran between homosexuality and depressed characters. Nothing I am interested in.

[krdito · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am typically not a reader of short stories, but I have loved most of CRH's novels, so I thought I would try her short stories. I was very pleasantly surprised and enjoyed these snippets into the lives of people who are challenged by their journey!

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short stories are a breath of fresh air.

I have always like this writer's style and I especially enjoyed it in short story form. She's able to pack so much into her characters.

[ann m porter · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not for me

Love this writer and started these short stories with high hopes. The snake story had me wanting to move on...

[Adelaide · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though provoking

This book is full of short stories that make you think about life and love and family and all the what if. Enjoy !

[Pers · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent collection of engaging short stories.

[Bob · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read the first story, Dante. I hated it. It didn’t make sense. The writing was awful. Figuring that this was a sample of what’s to come, I closed the book and will never read further.

[Stacy · Rating 1 out of 5]

i hate to give one of her books such a low rating. all of her other books ive read have been great. This short story collection was terrible. Good thing they were all short so reading (skimming) was fast. Most of them were boring and very similar. at least i can cross this off as my book of short stories for the 2015 challenge.

[Alison]

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[Rosemary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Early stories from Catherine Ryan Hyde - a very different voice from her current novels, but I loved them.

[Lesley · Rating 2 out of 5]

There was maybe 3 good stories in this bunch that kept me interested. The rest not so impressed considering I really liked some of her novels!

[Anna Marie · Rating 1 out of 5]

So disappointed in this book I'm not going to finish it. Short stories mostly about sex, and not between man and women. Big waste of $$ for me.

[Millie Russom]

Ok

I liked a couple stories but I didn't like this book as much as her latter books. She is better now.

[Cathy Zaccardi · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't Bother!

Quite surprisingly, the stories were not interesting, not engrossing, and not worth the time to read. Oh well, you can't win them all!

[Kathy Seymour · Rating 2 out of 5]

didn't get very far did not care for it at all. the entire story line was not very interesting.