I really don't think I can verbalize my own distaste for books like this in a way that doesn't make me sound defensive and angry about my own mental illness. When the town grabs onto this teen and uses her manic episodes to heal themselves and the town, it was difficult to understand. Before I let go Now, we had our good times That we can say We hurted each other, yeah And, boy, it's a shame I won't be foolish, no I wanna know I wanna make sure I'm bright, boy Once I read Annie's story though I felt equally sorry for her and what she has gone through. It was a page turner and I polished it off in one sitting (about 4 hours). As far as a YA book goes, teens migI read the last book from Marieke Nijkamp and really liked it, I had high hopes for this one, but unfortunately it does not measure up.I rounded this rating up from 2.5. Kelly Rimmer skillfully writes with compassion and honesty as she explores the bond between two sisters from their traumatic childhood and to the crisis they now face. That was the first strike against it - some events were revisited, notations of important plot points were rehashed...I don't think the repetition did what the author probably thought it would do. Welcome back. Huzzah! Then there is Annie, a pregnant drug addict living in a run-down trailer and spending every cent she can find on her next fix. It was good... worth the price Before I Let You Go grabbed my heart from the first page and didn’t let go of it. Sisters Lexie and Annie were very close to one another growing up. Told in dual perspectives and dual timelines with Lexi narrating in the present, and Anna telling the heartbreaking story of their past, this is one of the best books of the disease of addiction and its effect on families. Plucked out of a normal, happy childhood they were made to wear long modest skirts and headscarves they were not allowed outside of the community, forbidden any media or popular books and harshly beaten by their stepfather for any small misdeamour. We’d love your help. Anyway this one was just not for me. [I don't understand why she lost contact with Kyra. It will be very difficult to write a spoiler-free review of this book, but I will in due time. Anna calls in the night, pregnant and medically in trouble. This was tough to get through! I also think I would've been more forgiving of the book if I thought the writing was better or if the plot line felt more engaging. She’s sold more than one million books, and her novels have been translated into more than 20 languages. She never meant to turn her back on the lonely, tormented girl the town feared, the girl who suffered from mental illness. We’d love your help. The story of two sisters, Anna, who struggles with addiction, and Lexi, who struggles with how to be emotionally honest with those around her. It is a format that is tricky to pull off, but in this case it worked perfectly for me, as Annie goes back in time to explore events in her childhood that may have contributed to bringing her to the situation she is in at this point in time. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. One whose unborn baby's life is at risk. How parents went along with this was a huge mystery to me. They are almost cult-like in their worship of Kyra’s visionary art, the paintings shShe moved away from the small Alaskan town that was home and left behind her best friend. When Corey moved away from her home town of snow covered Lost Creek, Alaska she promised her best friend, Kyra, that she would always stay in touch and always be there for her. This story needed to be told. It's something that feels like a shield, until you realize it's actually a warhead, and it's pointed right at you.” Rimmer’s novel Before I Let You Go explores this question through the eyes of the two sisters as they meet up again when a pregnant and sick Annie calls her sister Lexie for help. One whose unborn baby's life is at risk. One the one hand, I was really invested in it.

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