Never Let Me go

by Gale Wilhelm

Trouble is brewing in the Cornish village of Nanviscoe, and this time it might be too much even for kindly widow Dorrie Resterick to solve . . . Dorrie Resterick has enough to worry about without the arrival of Stella Grey and her family in the village - she's already planning a surprise welcome home party for her honeymooning niece, Verity, and her new husband Jack, as well as trying to convince the locals that the ghost of Jack's disturbed first wife, Lucinda, is not haunting their marital home. But it soon transpires that the ghost may be realer than Dorrie first imagined, as something - or someone - seems determined to cause trouble . . .

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1946

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.