#BlogTour: A Mother’s Goodbye by Kate Hewitt @katehewitt1 @bookouture #AMothersGoodbye #EmotionalRead

Book Synopsis:

‘My arms ache with the need to reach and hold my precious child, and then to never let go. But I can’t. I know I can’t.’

Heather is devastated. There’s no way she can keep her baby. She can barely pay the bills as it is. But when she meets Grace, a wealthy, single career woman, who wants a baby more than anything, Heather believes she has found the perfect adoptive mother.

As Grace and Heather’s lives become entwined, they are tested to breaking point, though neither can deny the other’s love for the child. But just when they think they are learning how to live with each other, they receive devastating news that turns their fragile world upside down.

Will either mother know what is the right thing to do for the child they both love?

A Mother’s Goodbye is available now in ebook and paperback, the ebook is currently only 99p.  You can purchase a copy of both here.

My  Review:

Oh my word I think this book broke me.  It’s been a while since I’ve cried so much at a book but I’m very glad I got the chance to read this one.

The story follows two women on both sides of the adoption journey.  Rachel is a mum of three whose fallen on hard times and when she falls pregnant again she knows they can’t afford to keep the baby.  Grace is a high flying career woman who desperately wants a child to stop the loneliness she feels after her father’s death.  It was great to be able to follow both woman’s story and to have access to all their thoughts and feelings, it really added to the story.  Both women feel so real and I felt like I went on a real journey with them over the course of the book.  I really felt for both of them as their emotions throughout the book was almost palpable at times and I wished I could reach out to them to give them a hug.

The writing in the book is just exquisite! I think it takes quite a skilled writer to make a reader care so much about the characters and feel so involved in the book.  The book is a fairly easy read and the plot is very gripping meaning it is quite difficult to put down.  I wanted to read on to find out what happens, as I felt so involved,  like the events were actually happening to me.

The ending was wonderful, bitter sweet but a good way to end the book.  I was definitely sobbing by the end of it. I do tend to avoid books involving children as being a mum I find them quite difficult to read.  This book was definitely a tear jearker and very emotional, which I struggled with at times but I pulled myself together to finish the book which I’m very glad I did.  This book will stay with me for a long time.

This is the first book by Kate Hewitt I have read but I’ll definitely be reading more from her in the future.

Huge thanks to Bookouture, Netgalley and Kim Nash for my copy of the book and for inviting me onto the blog tour.

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