May I Cross Your Golden River? [Hardcover]

Barbara Corcoran (Author), Paige Dixon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1975

An eighteen-year-old boy tries to cope with the realization that he has a fatal disease.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 262 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum; 1st edition (August 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689304668
• ISBN-13: 978-0689304668
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,363,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars May I Cross Your Golden River?, February 1, 2000

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Franklin B. Bonafe (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: May I Cross Your Golden River? (Hardcover)

I read this book when I a freshman in high school and it was recommended to me by my literature instructor. I can't forget the emotions this story managed to stir within me, and especially at such a young age and dealing with such a topic of tragedy, death, triumph, and strength. I am still searching for a copy of this book today so that I may have it in my personal library. A must read!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A memorable book that has stayed with me for many years., May 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: May I Cross Your Golden River? (Hardcover)

A young man, Jordan, is at the top of his game. He's handsome, popular, and looking forward to starting college. Everything is going perfectly for him until he learns that he has ALS, Lou Gerhigs disease. With the help of his family, including his three brothers and his girlfriend, Susan, he lives his life to the fullest while his body deteriorates. I read this book ten years ago, and I have never forgotten it. Also see the book reviews for Paige Dixon's A Time to Love, A Time to Mourn. It is the same book, just in a softcover edition and with a different title.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paige Dixon = Barbara Corcoran, March 6, 2004

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M. Nelson (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: May I Cross Your Golden River? (Hardcover)

I had no idea that Paige Dixon and Barbara Corcoran were one and the same. I devoured Corcoran's books when I was twelve--there was a 6-book limit at the children's library, but when I could prove that I had read them all, after three days, they let me take out more.

I read Barbara Corcoran's books when I was twelve. I found this book a few years later, when I had a friend who had ALS. Now I'm 44, and have been hunting down some of my favorite YA books. I was pleased to find this one at ABS books. I gave it to my husband to read. He got tearful at the end, just as I did.