Letting Go

by Pam Rhodes

After eighteen years together, Meg and Alan Barratt have a marriage that works and a settled, orderly and companionable life. On the eve of their wedding anniversary, Alan presents Meg with an eternity ring, inscribed with the date of their wedding and just one FOREVER. Then, just before Christmas, an act of betrayal makes Meg question the basis of her entire life. Without the trust on which she's always believed their love was based, is their marriage, family and home all an illusion? For Meg, the holiday season is far from festive. But as the new year dawns, she realises that she owes it to her son and daughter to take up the reins again. And when Alan reminds her of that anniversary promise, Meg must decide just what FOREVER means.

260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Pam Rhodes for many years has presented the world’s numberone religious television program, Songs of Praise on BBC. She writes for the UK national newspaper, the Daily Mail, and is also a successful novelist—author of The Dunbridge Chronicles, With Hearts and Hymns and Voices, and four other novels, as well as a number of additional books.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alan and Meg seperate and the book follows their path towards acceptance. Meg begins to look forward to her sons running coach dropping him home every day. She plans an 18th birthday party for her daughter alongside her husband. This was a nice easy read with a comfortably predicatable ending.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uncomfortable reading. a) typos in the book is always disturbing to me and b) some of the characters were just so annoying - Emma, Alan and Katherine in particular. Just wanted to punch them all in the nose (a term used a few times in the book). Pleased with the ending. Readable if not a little predictable.