Book description
New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde returns with a hopeful novel of sacrifice, two lost souls, and enduring love.
It's 1965, and life has taken a turn for eighteen-year-old Anton Addison-Rice. Nearly a year after his brother died in a tragic accident, Anton is still wounded-physically and emotionally.…
Why read it?
1 author picked My Name is Anton as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I adore books with emotionally flawed characters because they represent all of us.
They represent me. A tragedy in my own life led me to My Name is Anton. The growth of Anton, learning to live with his own heartbreak, deflecting his mother’s harsh parenting and his father’s apathy, was rewarding to me.
The ending was particularly gratifying, honest, yet heartbreaking, just like life.
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