Letting Go: A Story of Loss, Friendship, Betrayal, and the Search for Happiness, Love and Healing

by Jessica Perrin Barcomb

The novel "Letting Go" is a story of a friendship sabotaged by betrayal...two women trying to find their power in a world that keeps taking it all away.

Becca loses her mom in childhood, but with the help of her best friend Sarah she works through it, uncovering her healing gifts along the way, as well as a soft spot for Sarah’s thoughtful, sensitive twin brother Rob.
As Sarah studies abroad and Rob joins the military, Rebecca falls for a charming, brilliant law student Paul, also studying at NYU.
When Sarah returns, their friendship is flung upside down, and her relationship with Paul becomes more and more controlling and abusive. Rebecca turns to her friend Tom, uncovers secrets in her mother’s ancestors’ past; and her first love, Rob, returns from Iraq…all while she discovers the lies that tore she and Sarah apart.

270 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 11, 2021

About the author

Jessica Barcomb has seen both sides of trauma, having survived a near-fatal accident, coma, and PTSD before becoming a craniosacral therapist to help others heal. A writing-intensive English major from Marquette University with her master’s from Union College, she has been published in several professional publications, is a former secondary English teacher at Schenectady High, and has been a craniosacral therapist and owner of a wellness studio, Retreat & Renew, for the last twenty-plus years. She lives on a farm with her husband and three kids in upstate New York. Coincidentally, in researching this novel, Jessica, like her character Rebecca, discovered her own ancestral background in Salem from the 1600’s, where her ancestors fled to Boston at the time of the witch trials.
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Reviews

[Sarah Fields · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

1st of all let me point out how well written this was. The weaving together of past and present came together beautifully and the storyline was both entertaining and enlightening. I look forward to more work by Jessica! I am a fan!

[Jenny Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Letting Go was a perfect first book for author Jessica Perrin Barcomb! The life journeys of Becca and Sarah were thoughtfully written. This book reminds us that it is never to late to begin the process of removing what is not serving us well. I can't wait to read Jessica Perrin Barcomb's next novel!

[Laura Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Must Read

I had no idea what I was about to read about; but am surely glad to read this book. The story did what title said throughout the book; really “hit home” some parts for me.
Thank you!

[Tess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Note: I received this book as a Goodreads Giveaway

Having never heard of craniosacral therapy before, a lot of this book was new to me. I found a lot of the craniosacral information to be well detailed and interesting, though some of the character interactions and decisions to be a bit confusing due to lack of detail or logical reasoning.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't know what to expect when I started this novel. I have to say I enjoyed it so much. I loved the characters and they way they developed. The story moved at a nice pace and I found myself thinking about the Becca and Sarah even after I put the book down.

I don't want to give anything away, but I thought the topic was so timely with Big Pharma is the news so much lately. I won't get on a soapbox now, but I will leave it to say that it is a topic I would like to learn more about. Sometimes the old ways are the best.

I would absolutely recommend Letting Go. I look forward to whatever Jessica Perrin Barcomb does next.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jejune.