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Jan 1, 2006 · For five years Pearl has managed to keep the past from catching up to her and her bright, frail five-year-old son. Life has given her every reason to mistrust people, but circumstances force her to trust her neighbor Mitch with watching Leonard while she goes off to work.
Jul 10, 2007 · Mitch is far from the ideal caretaker--he’s having an affair with a client’s wife--but he and Leonard must find a way to bridge the gap between them as they bond as parent and child. Gritty but big-hearted, Love in the Present Tense is an inspiring story of love and the surprising forms it can take. Read more.
Love in the Present Tense is a novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde, released in 2006. Plot. The story mainly concerns Mitch, who is, at the start, a 25 year old internet entrepreneur, and Leonard, initially a 5-year-old boy. Leonard's mother leaves him with Mitch each day, but one day she departs, never to return.
About Love in the Present Tense. From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Perfect Things comes a moving novel about the bond between a five-year-old abandoned by his mother and the man who raises him.
English. Accustomed to leaving her frail young son with her neighbor, Mitch, while she goes to work, Pearl, a teenage mother, one day does not return, leaving Mitch and Leonard alone to grow up together and to become an unusual family. Notes. no toc on book. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate. 2009-12-11 18:59:27. Bookplateleaf. 0004. Boxid.
Gritty but big-hearted, Love in the Present Tense is an inspiring story of love and the surprising forms it can take.
Love In The Present Tense: the heart-warming and uplifting novel from Richard & Judy bestseller Catherine Ryan Hyde. Paperback – 14 Jan. 2007. The story of a love that transcends time, place and human weakness from Richard & Judy bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde.
