Before I Let You Go, (Paperback)

from debkrenzer

I really thought this was going to be a suspense/thriller according to the title. However, I could not be farther from the truth. While there was a mystery, it was far from what I thought it would be. The story of two sisters, their shared love for each other and their distrust and hatred of thei...

from Carlathelibrarian

This is a book that touches on things that I have not seen in a fiction book before. Two sisters, two very different life outcomes. When Lexie's and Annie's father dies when they are still young, their mother cannot deal with being alone. She returns back home to the Religious based village she g...

from Kristymk18

Before I Go is a poignant novel about family and unexpected changes. The story begins with Annie reaching out to her sister Lexie right before the birth of her (drug addicted) baby. Lexie agrees to kinship care while Annie deals with the legal ramifications of doing drugs while pregnant (and also...

from kbranfield

Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer is a heartbreaking yet thought-provoking novel that sensitively and realistically portrays addiction. As children, Lexie Vidler promised her father she would always take care of her younger sister, Annie. For the past six years, this promise has been increasin...

from Beamis12

3.5 A subject that is important and one has not been explored enough in fiction. A pregnant woman, addicted to heroin,who will lose her child and have to serve prison time. A law, which I never knew, that is enforced in some states. At first I had a hard time not being judgemental, having a baby ...