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It hit me, the reality of it, in a way it hadn’t before like a sledgehammer straight to the chest. Laura was gone. She was never coming back. I’d never see her again; she’d never hum in the kitchen, she’d never pull Ruby onto her lap and tickle her tummy as she buried her face in the sweet curve of our daughter’s shoulder
No Time To Say Goodbye
Book Description
It hit me, the reality of it, in a way it hadn’t before like a sledgehammer straight to the chest. Laura was gone. She was never coming back. I’d never see her again; she’d never hum in the kitchen, she’d never pull Ruby onto her lap and tickle her tummy as she buried her face in the sweet curve of our daughter’s shoulder
Nathan West loved his wife Laura with all his heart. But now she’s gone, taken from him in a seemingly random act of violence. Laura was the glue that held their family together. And for Nathan, life without her feels almost meaningless.
As he tries to find hope in the darkness, his three young daughters express their grief in different and challenging ways – with one set on a path of self-destruction that could devastate their family all over again. Desperate to understand his own heartbreak better, he reaches out to others who had known Laura. Including her new friend Maria, whose light and warmth are exactly what their grieving family needs, and who is soon helping out and providing emotional support for them all.
But the picture Maria paints of Laura is unfamiliar to Nathan – of a wife who felt ignored, a mother who felt she couldn’t do enough – and he struggles to reconcile it with his own memories of the woman he loved. Is it possible he didn’t know his wife after all? And can he trust Maria? He can’t escape the feeling that she’s keeping something from him.
Maria is hiding a secret with the power to rock Nathan’s family to its core. Because it is about what happened the day that Laura died…
An insightful and powerful novel guaranteed to break your heart, about how the unthinkable can sometimes help us see the world in a powerful new way. Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain, and Susan Lewis.
Author Kate Hewitt
Author Bio:
Kate Hewitt is the bestselling author of many novels of women's fiction, including the Hartley-by-the-Sea series set in the Lake District, the Willoughby Close series set in the Cotswolds, and Tales From Goswell written as Katharine Swartz. Her novel A Mother's Goodbye has been called 'unputdownable' and 'the most emotional book I have ever read' by readers. Not My Daughter and her latest novel, No Time to Say Goodbye are both available to buy now.
An American ex-pat, she lives in a small market town in Wales with her husband and five young(ish) children, along with their two Golden Retrievers. Join her newsletter for monthly updates and giveaways at http://www.kate-hewitt.com, or be part of her Facebook groups Kate's Reads.
By Kate Hewitt
Review by Heidi Lynn's Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Kate Hewitt, Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me this book so I may bring you this review.
No Time To Say Goodbye is a heartbreaking and gripping emotional page turner by Kate Hewitt. So many times, in this book there was no time to say goodbye-so this was a perfect title for this must-read book. This book will bring up so many emotions up in you including sadness and anger. Not to mention empathy for the children especially Ruby. This is one incredibly powerful read that will have you thinking about your own life after.
I totally fell in love with this cover when I saw it. The little girl (It could be Ruby) with the dress bending down to pick something up behind the beautiful scenery was breathtaking. The colors and the theme were so vivid. Kudos to the graphic artist who designed this cover. You have talent.
From page one I was totally engrossed into the story as I was totally shocked by how the begging of the story was starting! Then my heart went out to the family and how they were each trying to deal with their loss. Each In their own way in their own time. My heart went out to all of them especially.
In No Time to Say GoodBye we are introduced to Maria one of the characters that plays a huge role in this book. From her we get such and cultural lesson from when she lived in Sarajevo. Stories about what horrid things happened to her growing up. How it has affected to her this day.
This book has a few themes in the book about forgiveness, letting go, moving on, sticking up for what you believe in, not everything is as it is always it seems. You also learn life is short don’t take it for granted.
Kate’s books all have a theme one major theme to them. This theme is what do you do when the worst happens? The worst might be different from every book or every person nut and for every person. Kate has struggled in the past through her own losses and sorrows. However, she has found hope admits the deepest sorrow or the wildest grief. She tries to convey this in her writings.
I didn’t understand why this book was broken up into two parts. Did she want it to be two books combined into one?! I didn’t feel like it needed to be labeled as such. However, by the end of part 1 I was getting a little frustrated that there was no mention of finding the suspect. That the story was still on the family and Maria. The part of me that LOVES a good mystery needed to know who killed Laura and why!! Needless to say I got my answers and was totally shocked and blown away by the reveal.
