I Came to Say Goodbye
For fans of Susan Lewis, I Came to Say Goodbye is a tear-jerking novel about how a family survives when the worst happens. It was four o'clock in the morning. A young woman pushed through the hospital doors. Staff would later say they thought the woman was a new mother, returning to...
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For fans of Susan Lewis, I Came to Say Goodbye is a tear-jerking novel about how a family survives when the worst happens. It was four o'clock in the morning. A young woman pushed through the hospital doors. Staff would later say they thought the woman was a new mother, returning to her child -- and in a way, she was. She walked into the nursery, where a baby girl lay sleeping. The infant didn't wake when the woman placed her gently in the shopping bag she had brought with her. There is CCTV footage of what happened next, and most people would have seen it, either on the internet or the news. The woman walked out to the car park, towards an old Corolla. For a moment, she held the child gently against her breast and, with her eyes closed, she smelled her. She then clipped the infant into the car, got in and drove off. That is where the footage ends. It isn't where the story ends, however. It's not even where the story starts.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099584766 (009958476X)
Publish date: September 26th 2013
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
I wasn't sure about this book at first, I was afraid the narrator was going to be difficult to read. But just 10% in, I was completely hooked. I read it in just 7hrs, during a long-haul flight; no TV/movies, my Kindle propped by my in-flight meal, I was totally absorbed. Although set in Australia,...
This review originally appeared at http://bellesbookshelf.blogspot.com/When I grow up, I want to be Caroline Overington (or something very like her).She's an Aussie journalist/author/mother who speaks with such poise and intelligence in interviews, and who uses the same poise and intelligence in her...