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Before We Say Goodbye

By: Louise Candlish
Narrated by: Julia Franklin
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What if the family you love the most is not your own?

When Olivia's mother dies, she leaves behind an apology Olivia could never have expected. Years ago, Maggie did everything in her power to end a love affair between the teenage Olivia and her stepbrother-to-be Richie. Now, over twenty years later, Olivia has a letter that contains his address - and her mother's blessing to seek him out. 'Follow your heart,' Maggie writes, 'and put right my mistake.'

It sounds like nothing more than a dying woman's fantasy; certainly not an instruction for a grown woman with a husband she loves, two sons in their teens and an established life in the same London suburb she grew up in herself. This is where Olivia belongs, isn't it? But, tormented by the memories her mother's letter stirs, she makes the decision to travel to the small coastal town where Richie lives with his young daughter Wren.

Rediscovering her first love and falling for him a second time, Olivia realises that this is the life she had always imagined for herself, the one she has wanted all along. But where does that put the family she has left behind?

‘If you love Jodi Picoult s writing, you’ll love this.’ Essentials©2009 Louise Candlish (P)2010 W F Howes Ltd Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Romance
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Ok but story not very compelling , needed more plot.
Well read , voices and accents well done.






A bit slow

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Really intriguing story of slightly slow paced. I found it odd that the central character was in her forties but the narrator sounded like she was in her seventies.

Intriguing if slow moving

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Dreadful narration, story soooooo sloooow. Love this author, but I regret wasting my money on this one. Synopsis - woman has rubbish mother, meets up with old flame. Husband isn’t happy and screws the babysitter. Repeated ad museum.

Painfully slow

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Nice little book with plenty of twists and turns! Although in parts became boring! Overall enjoyable

Good read

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The lead character was so melodramatic and the narrator was awful. Didn’t enjoy this at all which is a shame as our house by Louise candlish was so good.

Pithy and sentimental

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