Walk Me Home

Walk Me Home Video The story of a young man who enters college only to discover that he can learn more about life and love from his neighbors in the apartment building where he lives.

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Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Eric Lively , Mandy Moore. Share this Rating Title: Walk Me Home Video 5. Use the HTML below. Their journey is incredibly hard to the point that it become a bit unbelievable.

Eventually they arrive on Wakapi Indian fictional lands; and; as they break into someones hen house try to steal a few eggs, the owner, a blind 92 year old Wakapi woman named Dolores, catches them. While pointing a rifle at them, she says they have to stay for a week and work off the damage to her hen house. She will provide shelter and food. Jen warms right up to the old lady, buy Carly seeks a way to escape.

The local tribal cop, Alvin, stops by every day to check on Dolores and he tries to help Carly find Teddie and offer any other advice he can. He makes Carly promise she will not take off, but that very night she tells Jen to pack up her stuff so they can get out - she's afraid Alvin will turn them over to children's services. Jen refuses and Carly finally goes on to find Teddie in Northern California where she has learned he's now located.

She walks, she hops a train, she meets up with an old woman and her senile husband and they give her a ride to Fresno. The old women buys her a bus ticket and gives her money for the last leg of her journey. Another almost unbelievable trip which brings her to Trinidad, CA in one piece, but just about she is bruise, scratched, exhausted and filthy dirty. She finds Teddie pretty easily and that is a story I wont tell because if I do reading the book is really a waste of time. The characters are lightly drawn and one note.

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You like them, but you wish you knew them better and you also wish the story had more depth. Their mother died horribly after telling her boyfriend that she was leaving him because of his abusive ways, but if the girls are in mourning we don't get a clear sense of it. The story just rushes forward in a muted way. Catherine's books are always a pleasure to read and this one is no exception. She puts so much soul into her characters, so much reality.

This book was a fast but intelligent read including one of my favorite subjects, Native Americans. Carly and Jen, sisters, have a difficult home life and decide to run away from New Mexico heading for California and a man they believe will be their salvation, a man Carly has loved as a father.

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This story of their journey, both physical and emotional, is full o Catherine's books are always a pleasure to read and this one is no exception. This story of their journey, both physical and emotional, is full of the growth of two teen girls in surprising ways. Discoveries about their relationship to each other, their values, their family, and their assumptions about people and life are challenged. I particularly enjoyed the Native American characters in this story. I can't think of any author who writes such life into her characters as Catherine does.

I feel as though I know them by the end of the book and could walk next door and have a chat with them. I wanted to drive to Wakapi land to meet Dolores and Alvin! Catherine's note at the end of the book reflects who I imagine her to be so well. I highly recommend this book. I love this author and have read almost all of her books. A friend online who shares the same taste in books as I do encouraged me to read one of her. Thought, not bad, really enjoyed it, so I went on to read another then another I don't like giving much of the stories away on books I read as I feel i I was so excited to get this book in ARC from the publishers, I even messaged Catherine on Good Reads to tell her!

I don't like giving much of the stories away on books I read as I feel it spoils it sometimes for others. I can say, that on reflection as I finished this book this book today I thought of the times we take things for granted, or question the motives of our nearest and dearest and think we know best.

These two children taught me this is not the case in life. And not everyone is who they seem to be. Only what they want to appear to be. Nov 13, Theresa Alan rated it it was amazing. I immediately remembered what if felt like to be sixteen years old—being both excited by boys yet wary.

Right away you want to find out why year-old Carly and her year-old sister, Jen, are on the run. You root for them and the ending is totally satisfying and, in my case, tear-inducing I love it when an ending makes me cry. Oct 06, Maggie rated it liked it Shelves: Athough this is well written and the characters are well drawn, the plot has a hole in it -- a big hole which is never filled. Carly and Jen quickly leave their home in New Mexico. It is clear that they have just discovered that their mother has died and Carly fears that Social Services will put them in a home -- probably separate homes -- so they are running away in the hopes that their step-father, Teddy, will take them in.

Clearly they have no connection to their father, but there must has on Athough this is well written and the characters are well drawn, the plot has a hole in it -- a big hole which is never filled. Clearly they have no connection to their father, but there must has once been one. Carly in passing says there is no father but gives absolutely no explanation.

There mother is described as flitting from man to man over and over again over the life of the girls. That begged the question of whether they were even the children of the same father. Explanation is never given. Did the father just walk away or is he dead? Bigger than that is that none, absolutely none, of the adults who come in contact with these two girls ever ask about a father. They are told about the step-father, Teddy, but never, ever ask about the blood father. I waited the entire book for that shoe to fall and it never did.

Having lived in Arizona, I liked the Native American aspects and the descriptions of the landscape. I also liked Alvin and Delores and the many people who come in contact with Carly and her sister; they were diverse and interesting. This book tells the story of two sisters, Carly age 16, and Jen age The two have lived a chaotic life with a mostly neglectful mother, and her series of boyfriends.

Most adults they have encountered up until now have not been reliable or trustworthy. On the run to escape losing each other in the foster care system, they try to walk from New Mexico to California. Along the way they meet many interesting characters, and meet challenges that would have ended the whole venture for most of us. Al This book tells the story of two sisters, Carly age 16, and Jen age Although many aspects of this story lack plausibility, with some of the resolution being a little fantastical, it is still an engaging read. The characters are well developed, distinctive, and mostly very likeable.

I found myself rooting for these two resilient children, hoping for someplace for them to land, and someone to care. I also loved the desert southwest setting, with good description of the tough challenges this landscape presented. The summary of the book was interesting and it started out keeping my interest but I have to say this was not one of the most enjoyable books to read.

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I didn't like or have any sympathy for the older sister and that usually impacts my enjoyment of the book. I can't really put my finger on what I didn't like about the book overall but it was really just an okay read. I received this book from NetGalley. A mesmerizing tale of an almost impossible trek undertaken by two young sisters running away from tragedy to what they perceive to be safety.

That safe haven suddenly has danger written everywhere and choices and discoveries will be required. The characters met along the way are genuine and thoroughly down to earth. Didn't know the author had written "Pay It Forward" until I finished the book Sep 18, Jessica Ambler rated it really liked it Shelves: Walk Me Home was not a fast paced thrill ride, but it kept me turning the pages.

The author created characters that felt very real and in doing so made me care about the outcome of their dire situation. Jen and Carly are sisters who deal with their losses differently. One lives her life open to possibilities and love while the other holds on to the one thing that was dependable in the past. They each choose a different path on their journey.

Which sister chose wisely? I had hesitation 3. I had hesitation about reading another "hitch hiking" book, but I'm very glad I took a chance on this one.

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Jul 28, Patti rated it liked it. I just could not get much momentum on this book. I thought the storyline was just ok and somewhat shallow and unbelievable. There were some elements of the book which were irrelevant and I found it frustrating because I like to connect all the dots when reading. The dots just didn't all connect on this one. I still love KRH and will still read through all of her books. Feb 25, Meredith Reads rated it really liked it. Hyde's books are always entertaining and time passes quickly.

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Aug 18, Eileen added it. Hyde's characters, while flawed like most of us, are tremendously lovable. Her ability to connect the reader to their very different lives never fails to engage me from page one. I have yet to find one of her books that hasn't delighted me. The stories don't have pie-in-the-sky endings.

They are real and heartwarming. Author Catherine Ryan Hyde has a way of putting pen to paper, of crafting her words into sentences that makes us visualize her characters and settings as we read her words. Her most celebrated novel, Pay It Forward , was first published in and resulted in not just the highly acclaimed film of the same name, but a worldwide movement that continues to grow to this day. Her newest book, Walk Me Home , has a different feeling altogether. It's not better or worse; it's another facet of the surprise Author Catherine Ryan Hyde has a way of putting pen to paper, of crafting her words into sentences that makes us visualize her characters and settings as we read her words.

It's not better or worse; it's another facet of the surprises of which this writer crafts so skillfully. Keeping it simple, this one is the tale of two sisters, sixteen-year-old Carly and her eleven-year-old sister Jen, who are left on their own after the sudden death of their single mother and the imminent intimidation of Child Protective Services looms over them. They begin a trek across New Mexico, northern Arizona and other areas in the Southwest's high desert, hoping to try and get back to their mother's last boyfriend, the only family they feel that they've known.

A sibling trek with some surprising turns The two girls make their way to a Native American reservation where they are compelled to stop. Hunger has set in, and the girls try to pilfer some food. This leads to a set of unforeseen circumstances for the sisters along with new characters encountered, and eventually older sister Carly is forced to make some painful decisions. Catherine Ryan Hyde's skill at creating highly believable characters shines through in this book, as it has in her previous offerings.

She creates realistic, though often surprising situations within which the individuals function. The story is very well thought-out, with good matter-of-fact dialogue between the characters. To say more would be leaving spoilers, though that would be so easy to do. It's hard to think of one of this author's works that cannot be recommended. Last year for me it was her book When I Found You , which I found to be a stunningly moving story of honesty, faith, perseverance and the human spirit.

For those who may have missed this one, it's highly recommended. Walk Me Home is a skillfully crafted tale about hope, real human emotions, and decisions that need to be made in life. Catherine Ryan Hyde offers us a story that will tug at your emotions in places, and at the same time open your eyes to the lives of others in this world.

A different version of this review appeared earlier on Amazon. Once again author Catherine Ryan Hyde has lived up to my expectations and some. Despite the often uncomfortable situations in the books, I always seem to feel comfortable reading her books, and I often find myself reading most of the book in a day. Walk Me Home was no different. I was hooked right from the start and just had to see it through to the end to find out what happened to the girls.

We follow the pair as they make their long journey across country from New Mexico to California to find t Once again author Catherine Ryan Hyde has lived up to my expectations and some. We follow the pair as they make their long journey across country from New Mexico to California to find their stepfather.

In fact, this stubborn 16 year old makes all kinds of wrong decisions, but how can you learn from your mistakes if you never make any? This story is one about truth and trust, but what is the truth and who can they trust? Considering their situation, I did expect more tears from the girls. But different people deal with things differently and I suspect the girls wanted to get to safety first. The girls have already been through a lot before they embark on their long trip, but they have no idea what is ahead of them.

While the story does highlight some of the bad things about life, it also highlights the good too. Another thought-provoking, yet heart-warming read from Catherine Ryan Hyde. Jun 25, Julia Wilson rated it it was amazing. Sixteen year old Carly and eleven year old Jen spend much of the novel walking.

They are on a journey looking for home. Carly has a restless spirit that cannot settle. She is focussed in her search. Jen has a calmer nature. She knows a truth that Carly has yet to grasp - home is not a place, home is a relationship and being with people who love you. Will Carly ever grasp this truth? Carly and Jen are a unit. They have a bond. Carly has a dominant personality. She loves Jen but doesn't always hear correctly what she is saying. Carly wants Jen and everything else in the world to fit in with her views. She fails to mould her life into the circumstances and people around her.

Catherine Ryan Hyde presents a wonderful picture of the Native Americans in her fictional Wakapi tribe. The reader can 'feel' their love and concern and 'see' their way of life. Jen is far closer to the natural world than Carly. The girls have a great moral code. They realise stealing is wrong.

Carly has every intention of repaying whatever they borrowed. They both have good hearts. The reader can 'feel' Carly's pain as she searched to belong. It seemed to her that in all circumstances, Jen was always chosen over her. Carly felt like a second class citizen and just wanted to be put first in life. Catherine Ryan Hyde showed how people can have big hearts.

Not everyone is motivated by the "what's in it for me? Some people just give without expecting anything back. The reader has their faith restored in the goodness of humanity.