Have You Seen Luis Velez?
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Michael Crouch
About this listen
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.
©2019 by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Trustee, or Successor Trustee, of the Catherine Ryan Hyde Revocable Trust created under that certain declaration dated September 27, 1999. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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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.” (Kirkus Reviews)
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- Annette Terry
- 14-09-19
Brilliant
Thought provoking and charming, even though unutterable sad. Loved it. Well written and well observed.
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- JACQUI
- 20-03-21
beautiful story
loved it.
Being different is challenging
Caring for the other is rewarding.
keeping secrets is ones privilige.
Receiving love is a reward
Being misunderstood is sad
Learning to be understood is a gift.
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- johanna
- 15-12-21
I wish I had a friend
I wish I had a friend like either of the characters in this book.
What a beautiful, heart warming and eye opening tale.
Really makes you think about the difference and importance in every life
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- JCR
- 08-05-23
superb narration
What a wonderful heartfilling story. And the narrator, well - unbelievably good. Were all the voices just him? Amazing. Bravo!
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- Joanne Service
- 07-03-20
Easy listen, lovely story
Thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly rated at our book club. Ok there were some lose ends that could have been taken further and a couple of things I’d love to have been seen through to end but the story that was told was lovely.
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- Amyvick87
- 31-01-21
Unusual Storyline
Loved the story and felt as though i knew the characters personally. it was very uplifting
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- lesley lloyd
- 23-12-23
Beautiful heart warming story
4.5-4.75⭐️ the narrator is great. It’s a slow very character driven story that you need to be able to absorb yourself into.
Raymond and Milly are adorable ❤️
I loved this emotional book.
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