Never Let Me Go

by Gale Wilhelm

What made Samar abandon everything he had --an Engineering degree and a drop dead gorgeous girlfriend - and flee to Goa instead to start life afresh?On being kicked by life, harder than he could ever imagine, Samar had three options.He could look life in the eye and fight back.He could succumb and do something that would haunt him forever.Or he could flee, to a place where there were no traces of the blow he had received.So Goa it was. In search of solace, perhaps, by working in a small shack at an unknown beach.Dealing with the local police, resurrecting a dying shack, and managing rowdy parties, risking having his bones and jaw-line broken, does Samar get what he was seeking?A ride full of adventure, twists and thrills, the story of the twenty first year of Samar's life will definitely take your breath away.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1947

About the author

Gale Wilhelm was an American writer most noted for two books that featured lesbian themes written in the 1930s: We Too Are Drifting and Torchlight to Valhalla.

Wilhelm published several short stories in 1934 and 1935, her first appearing in Literary America. Her work also appeared in Colliers and the Yale Review.

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read this book so often, the binding is broken and the pages are loose. It would be a paperback romance today but the writing is soft and expressive. Romances written today seem to create the necessary length by repeating, over and over, the same thoughts and quandries. This book uses every word to build the background and the characters. I also love the way it depicts a lifestyle that no longer exists. The women wore hats and gloves to a job interview. Men stood up when women entered a room. Strangers on trains talked to each other. It's one of my favorites.

[Bethany · Rating 2 out of 5]

This wasn't as bad as Bring Home the Bride, but it wasn't that much better either. (Though I think the love interest was much more annoying in this one. I'm not saying Gale sucks at writing men and compelling m/f relationships, but....... *cough*) I'm gonna call it quits on Gale's hetero books now.