Donia

Donia asked Catherine Ryan Hyde:

Catherine, I love everyone of your books and I believe that you said you had worked in social services as did I. Do you think your own upbringing has influenced your writing? What was your own upbringing like? Did you have siblings, both parents? Just curious.

Catherine Ryan Hyde Hi Donia. No, I never worked in social services. But thank you for doing so yourself. Yes, I think my own upbringing influenced/influences my work. I grew up with both parents and two siblings. But there was a lot of chaos in the house, and a lot of problems. I was the third child, and everybody was pretty busy trying to hold things together. So I just stayed out of the way and became the one who "disappears." I think there must be some tie-in between that and the fact that I write stories about kids (and other age people) who fall through the cracks and need to go on a different sort of journey to find what they need to be happy. Thank you for your question, and I'm so glad you're enjoying the books.

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I just wanted to tell you how much I love each of the 5 or 6 books of yours I have read so far. The themes are always touching and the hope in the stories is inspiring. I adore your characters and the dialogue between them. I smile a lot when I read your books and just keep saying, "lovely" over and over. I cannot wait to read the rest. Thank you for such a gift?

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My large book group is doing a virtual Zoom book club on Thursday September 17th dedicated to your books. Our 35+ women are each picking one of your books to read and then will share what they enjoyed most about the book etc. It should be lots of fun. Which book of yours would you pick to share with my group and why?

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What was your inspiration to write such an amazing book? How did you come up with the idea of the whole pay it forward thing?

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