Another amazing book by the very talented storyteller Catherine Ryan Hyde. I could relate to the inner struggles that the characters faced. They had to make very difficult decisions. The story is interesting and emotional. I recommend this book.

Brilliant read from a brilliant author. Thoroughly enjoyed. I have heard a lot of good things about  Catherine Ryan Hyde as the author is in a book group I’m in on Facebook and I couldn’t resist requesting this book. I’m so glad I did because I definitely would recommend.

I actually liked this book more than I would've thought based on the premise.  The main characters were quite special. It wasn't necessarily predictable and I think it would make a good movie.

The aspect I love most about Catherine Ryan Hyde’s writing is her focus on the small details of human reaction in the midst of a big event.  Rather than being laden with heavy, wordy descriptions of the weather or the setting, the detail is in the humanity, and it is fascinating to read.

Each of the three main characters in this book are so well defined, but the detail is less their physical appearance and more the inner person.  There’s a small amount of wondering how the story will end, but not enough to interfere with the enjoyment of the story as it goes.  Once again, a wonderful read.

Read this book! 
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This is my first foray into @netgalley (thank you!) and @catherineryanhyde and I'm definitely going back for more of both!  
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I was deeply engaged in this book from beginning to end! This book hits on so many important topics: crime victims, homelessness, LGBTQ youth, foster care, policing, family dynamics... and more. These topics fit and flow well, which is no easy task. It does not delve deeply into any of these topics but it doesn't need to in order to handle them with care. It introduces the reader to these very real issues in a way that evokes emotion, and concern for the characters and their stories. It's told from the perspective of the two main female characters in voices unique to each one's stage of life. This book is thought provoking, can start a conversation, and motivate the reader to learn more while entertaining and connecting us like books can do so well.

Thank you to Netgalley for this advanced reader's copy in return for my honest review. Emotional read and beautifully written. I'm a huge fan of Catherine Ryan Hyde.

Brave Girl, Quiet Girl is an emotional journey into what it is that really makes a family. It takes you through the lives of Brooke, a divorced single mother, currently living with her own mother, and Molly a sixteen year old transient living on the streets of LA, what brought them to the moment where one lost a child, and the other found her, and how they will forever be entangled together thanks to a little voice that can’t quite pronounce the “Qu” sound in quiet. 

I am prefacing the remaining portion of this review with a quick warning, this book deals with adult themes, and some topics may be triggering for some readers. Catherine Ryan Hyde composes a masterpiece on the human condition and how a little compassion for a stranger can help make you a better person than you ever imagined. I will tell you that this book is a lot of internal monologues and the main characters expressing themselves and working through things that I felt were very realistic, but may be at too slow of a pace for some. If you are looking for a quick read, this is not the book for that.

When I ended this book, it was rough. I wasn’t ready to walk away from the lives of Brooke and Molly. I wasn’t prepared, even though Catherine Ryan Hyde did everything she could to wrap the ending in a nice and tidy bow, I didn’t want to let go. This is a book I will definitely read again in the future and you will be seeing more books from Ms. Hyde pop up here in the future. I want to thank the author, publisher, and netgalley for an early copy of this book so that I would have the opportunity to share my review.

This Author is AMAZING. This book is PHENOMENAL. I love the characters (especially Etta, Molly and Brooke). The story took hold of my heart and squeezed it so tight. This is my third Catherine Ryan Hyde book and I have loved them all. There are some words that Molly says to Etta and Etta says them back. They are running in a continuous loop through my mind. I am honoured and grateful that I was given the privilege to read this ARC. I am sure this book will be at the top of my favourite book list. Many thanks to NwtGalley, Lake Union Publishing and the Author for allowing me to read and review this book.

I discovered Catherine Ryan Hyde years ago through Kindle Unlimited and she quickly became a go to author. When I found her newest book through @netgalley I was excited dive in. Fortunately it didn't disappoint. 

Brooke is a single mother just doing her best for her young daughter, Etta. She has a complicated relationship with her own mom only made worse when she is forced to move back in with her. Molly is a homeless teenager (later in the book you learn because of her mother's poor parenting but I don't want to give too much away.) It explores the complexity of mother daughter relationships. 

 Their lives are crossed when Brooke's car is jacked with her baby in the backseat. By some miracle Molly thinks it's her lucky day that she has a carseat to sell, but instead finds a scared and afraid baby strapped into the seat. I was smitten by the relationship these young girls quickly developed. Chapter by chapter is bounces between each woman's point of view. While Hyde's writing is simple and good for a quick read, she does a good job at making me feel. I felt a mother's fear and pain, I felt a teens helplessness and eventual hope.

Every extraordinary book has that moment when you fall irrevocably in love with it.  For me, that oh-I-just-love-this-so-much moment in Catherine Ryan Hyde's Brave Girl, Quiet Girl came from the mouth of a babe.  You can pretty much count on a two-year-old to get right to the heart of the matter and Etta doesn't disappoint.  When she whispers "brave girl, quiet girl" to her trembling rescuer, the story is made... the book's soul is revealed... and this reader was completely smitten.

Because you can find and follow links to the official synopsis, I won't spend time rehashing what you can discover for yourself.  Let me just give you the broad strokes and then cut to the chase.  After all, that's what I want in a review—not so much facts, as the alchemy of what makes for an unforgettable reading experience.

I have already mentioned Etta.  If you ask me, this amazing toddler is the pivot upon which everything turns.  As the story begins, Etta is ripped away from her family in the course of a carjacking.  Her mother, Brooke, is desperate to find her baby, but the odds are stacked against a safe return.

And then there is Molly, a cast-off teen living on the mean streets of L.A. after being discarded by her rigid, unaccepting parents.  It is so perfectly fitting that a child who has lost all sense of worthiness is the one who comes to find, and protect, Etta after the jackers abandon her to freeze alone in the dark of night.

Despite the bleak circumstances that embrace both Brooke and Molly (or, I'm now thinking it is because of that bleakness), the broken pieces of two psyches will discover a way to fit together in perfectly imperfect ways to form a new sense of acceptance, belonging, and family.  

Brave Girl, Quiet Girl is ultimately the story of how the light gets in through the broken places to illuminate the beauty that was formerly hidden within the bleakness.  Those who deeply appreciate the humanity at the center of Catherine Ryan Hyde's writing are sure to find much to love, just as I did, in this book.  Highly recommended!

This is the first book I have read by this author and I must say it was not my favorite.

It starts out pretty exciting with a child abduction, rescue, and reunion. That is where is starts to just drag. It seems like it takes a really long time for anything to happen and when it does it is very predictable. It was a book that I just wanted to get done with so I could go on to another one.

Catherine Ryan Hyde is one of my faves and she has struck gold again. I absolutely loved this book. Molly, a homeless teenager, and Brooke, a single mom, are two broken souls brought together by a twist of fate. They mutually distrust each other, but through difficult conversations, they each help the other gain self awareness and acceptance.

The story's ending was pretty obvious, but I didn't really care. The journey was well worth it.

I highly recommend this book. Thanks NetGalley for this ARC.

I love Catherine Ryan Hyde and absolutely loved reading Brave Girl, Quiet Girl. Within seconds of starting, I was hooked! The entire plot was exciting and emotional. This book would be a great choice for a book club! I’m looking forward to telling everyone I know about it.

Oh Catherine Ryan Hyde you always make me dig deep within myself to see that not everything is black and white, and how our interactions with people shape and affect them and ourselves.
Brave Girl, Quiet Girl took everything I thought I knew and showed me I didn’t .
Brooke is carjacked, while her baby daughter is in the backseat in her car seat.
Molly is the homeless teen living on the street who finds baby Etta, this begins the story of Molly and Brooke and how they interact and how the world see things.
An amazing book with such important issues being brought into the light 
I fully recommend this book and I think it may be my favorite book of this author ( I think I say that about every new release)

First off, I must say that I love this author's writing style. I love how she gets down into the real connections that people make , sometimes unintentionally. She pushes people into emotional situations and then it's like you watch a painting slowly come to life .

 I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys stories about people and their interconnectedness . Can't wait to read your next book!

This is such a wonderful story! I have read this writer's last 4 books
and so far I like this one best. It is written very well.  I was able to
understand where each of the characters was coming from and what
made them who they are.  This one to me is a special book I must own
and would feel good about purchasing it as a gift.  I highly
recommend it!

Thank you so much, Catherine Ryan Hyde, the publisher, and NetGalley
for giving me the chance to read and review this great book!

I thouroughly enjoyed the writing style of this read! I have never read a book by this author and see she has written so many, so I now plan to read more of her!  

The chapters going back and forth with both Molly’s point of view and Brooke’s really lets you into their feelings— different, yet the same. I could feel the pain Brooke felt when Etta was taken away, and the fear after! I could feel the desperation and need to belong that Molly felt all the way into my gut! 

The homeless epidemic of LGBT community, especially youth, was mentioned in a small bit and I whole heartedly believe, even in the year 2020 this is a problem our country faces.  The issues with the judicial system are brought up also- Bodhi stole under $10 worth of food (because he was homeless, starving and trying to feed the baby) and was jailed for 90 days, yet we have people walking our streets after committing a far more heinous crime—it really doesn’t make sense, and something for sure needs to change.

The relationships—mostly that of a mother, are really focused on. I love the difference in them and realize a mother can be anyone, even a homeless 16 year old girl that risked her life (and her hunger) to save a sweet baby that was not her own!

I love Catherine Ryan Hyde.  All of her books are emotional and this one was no different.  
As a mother this is one of my worst fears, watching someone go off with child and I'm not able to do anything.  Brooke's heart ache as she worries about Etta, where she is,  what they are doing to her and all she's doing is hanging on to hope.

A broken teenager, Molly,  comes across Etta who was left in an industrial area.   Molly takes Etta under her care, trying to care for her and leads her right to Brooke.  

As always, Catherine Ryan Hyde creates an story about people.  A story about hope and a story about family and friendship.  

This isn't coming out till May, but please please put it on your TBR list now!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

A gripping story about an unlikely friendship that  developes from  a strange starting point, but ends moree like a family..  This book keeps you wanting to  find out more,

I am a huge fan of books by Catherine Ryan Hyde. This is another great book that makes you think about the way you see issues. In this book, there are relationship issues between mothers and daughters, the views on homelessness in our society, and briefly, teen LGBT issues. There were characters in the story that I would like to get to know better. Maybe one day we will get to read more about those people.  I enjoyed this book as I have all of her books. I am thankful to Netgalley for the advance copy in return for my honest opinion.