Before I Let You Go

By Kelly Rimmer

Before I Let You Go - Kelly Rimmer
  • Release Date: 2018-04-03
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 562 Ratings

Description

From the bestselling author of The Things We Cannot Say and The Warsaw Orphan and for fans of All the Light We Cannot See, Before I Let You Go explores a hotly divisive topic and asks how far the ties of family love can be stretched before they finally break. 

“Kelly Rimmer skillfully takes us deep inside a world where love must make choices that logic cannot. Ripped from the headlines and from the heart, Before I Let You Go is an unforgettable novel that will amaze and startle you with its impact and insight.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The Bookshop at Water’s End

“Before I Let You Go is a heartbreaking book about an impossible decision. Kelly Rimmer writes with wisdom and compassion about the relationships between sisters, mother and daughter…. She captures the anguish of addiction, the agonizing conflict between an addict’s best and worst selves. Above all, this is a novel about the deepest love possible.” —Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author

The 2:00 a.m. call is the first time Lexie Vidler has heard her sister’s voice in years. Annie is a drug addict, a thief, a liar—and in trouble, again. Lexie has always bailed Annie out, given her money, a place to sleep, sent her to every kind of rehab. But this time, she’s not just strung out—she’s pregnant and in premature labor. If she goes to the hospital, she’ll lose custody of her baby—maybe even go to prison. But the alternative is unthinkable.

As the weeks unfold, Lexie finds herself caring for her fragile newborn niece while her carefully ordered life is collapsing around her. She’s in danger of losing her job, and her fiancé only has so much patience for Annie’s drama. In court-ordered rehab, Annie attempts to halt her downward spiral by confronting long-buried secrets from the sisters’ childhoods, ghosts that Lexie doesn’t want to face. But will the journey heal Annie, or lead her down a darker path?

Don’t miss Kelly Rimmer’s newest novel, The Paris Agent, where a family’s innocent search for answers brings a long-forgotten, twenty-five-year-old mystery featuring two female SOE operatives comes to light!
 
For more by Kelly Rimmer, look for The Things We Cannot Say Truths I Never Told You The Warsaw Orphan The German Wife

Reviews

  • Before I let you go

    5
    By GWYNEDD READER
    Beautiful story.
  • Sometimes the past comes out and heals

    5
    By flipping nanny
    Grab a box of Kleenex . This is a story with great ups and downs. Very well done. I hope it touches you like it did me.
  • Loved this

    5
    By weekszmac
    A great story of two sisters and the struggles family face with addiction. Very well-written - I couldn’t put it down.
  • Loved it!

    5
    By Rboggs128
    My first book by Rimmer. Great storyline, but as a mother, it was definitely hard to read at moments.
  • Before I Let You Go

    5
    By Xphia
    I felt as if I were reading a story based upon my life. Well written novel. Very hard to put down.
  • Before I Let You Go

    5
    By Mtoto Mwema
    Amazing, story, true to life. Very well written,
  • Before I let you go

    5
    By Langsusa
    Excellent!
  • Before I Let You Go

    5
    By Cappyjane
    Powerful and heartbreaking. Very good writing. Some parts were really hard to read, but essential to the story!
  • Insightful

    4
    By BPF72
    I really enjoyed this book and the light it shed on someone struggling with addiction. Annie’s heartbreaking story definitely allowed me to see things from a new perspective. An emotional read that had me reaching for the tissues - which is rare! Couldn’t give 5 stars because Lexie’s character irritated me quite a bit and that took away from the story. It didn’t make sense for someone so “strong and independent” to be so whiny and weak. I also had to look up where the author was from when I was finished reading because a lot of words and phrases (“cot” instead of crib, etc) made the book sound like it was set quite far from Montgomery, Alabama. I had to keep reminding myself this was taking place in the US.