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Before I Let You Go

A Novel

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Before I Let You Go

By: Kelly Rimmer
Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
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From the author of The Things We Cannot Say, 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 best-selling 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 best-selling 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?

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Contemporary Fiction Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Women's Fiction Tearjerking
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Emotional Storytelling • Powerful Addiction Portrayal • Engaging Storyline • Compelling Sister Relationship
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I almost never listen to books at faster than the normal speed, but I had to with this one. The reader for the character of Lexi was like a dull computer read-out of a text message. I eventually overcame my irritation with her and really did enjoy the story but it’s unfortunate the reader didn’t do Justice to the character.

Moving story, but one reader is terrible

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I’m not sure if it was the performance or writing or maybe the intention, but I found it so hard to empathize or not be annoyed by the main character Lexie. It also seemed a bit predictable, but was a fine story. I might have also gone in with high expectations since the reviews were all 5 stars.

Might be just me

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The story dragged much longer than necessary. The characters were not believable. Lexi’s character did not make sense and made the book hard to read. She was irrational, juvenile, controlling and could not have successfully made it through medical school and residency, let alone had a successful practice with how self-centered she was on her own problems with her sister and her questionable judgement.
Sam was better suited as a fairytale prince and not realistic.
The writing was good and made the book tolerable. Overall, not nearly as impressive as the author’s other work.

Very Slow

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The story was good but the female voices pretending to be male were annoying and sometime the voice of “Lexi” pretending to be male, forgets to go back to the female voice.

Needs another narrator

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The narrator was disappointing. The character Lexi was unfortunately a little too whiny for someone who had persevered through so much.

Robotic narrator

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Wish the narrator that read Annie’s story would have done the whole book. The main narrator had an odd almost annoying way of annunciating the last word of almost every sentence.

Good story

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I absolutely loved this book, love how the story was told!!!! really makes you appreciate life

beautiful story

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This got a bit long, drug at times. Good story overall though. Would probably recommend.

Sad

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Could have use better readers, the ones used didn’t make justice to the book!!! I love it anyway!!!

Readers

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Main characters constant whining got very old. Listened to the book so I was able to fast forward part of her whining.

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