Leave Me, Gayle Forman
Leave Me, Gayle Forman
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Leave Me

Author: Gayle Forman

Narrator: Eva Kaminsky

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/06/2016

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Women


Synopsis

For every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner, for anyone who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention, here is Maribeth Klein. A harried working
mother who’s so busy taking care of her husband and twins, she doesn’t even realize that she’s had a heart attack.

Surprised to discover that her recuperation seems to be an imposition on those who rely on her, Maribeth does the unthinkable—she packs a bag and leaves. But, as is often the case, once we get where we’re going we see our lives from a different perspective. Far from the
demands of family and career and with the help of liberating new friendships, Maribeth is finally able to own up to the secrets she has been keeping from herself and those she loves.

Gayle Forman is a dazzling observer of human nature. Her trademark sensitivity and humor abound as she confronts the ambivalence and complexities of modern motherhood head-on and shows us that sometimes you need to leave home in order to find it again. With bighearted
characters—husbands, wives, friends, andlovers—who stumble and soar, grow and forgive, Leave Me is about facing the fears we’re all running from.

About Gayle Forman

Award-winning author and journalist Gayle Forman has written several bestselling novels, including those in the Just One Day series, Where She Went, and the #1 New York Times bestseller If I Stay, which has been translated into more than forty languages and was adapted into a major motion picture. Her first middle grade novel, Frankie & Bug, was a New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2021. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on September 07, 2016

She felt so caught out. She’d thought she’d done everything right. She’d spent her entire life making lists, following through, keeping everything in check, all to make sure this kind of thing would never happen. And look where it had gotten her. Just fucking look. Looking back over seven years of......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on October 17, 2016

Friends: I have been here. I have tried to do this. Almost twelve years ago, I had my first baby. And two months later, in the throes of postpartum depression, I got my purse and my keys and started to get in my car to leave. My baby was upstairs in his bassinet. My husband was at work. And my plan......more

Goodreads review by Lala on April 26, 2016

I mean, I appreciated the sentiment and all that, there was just nothing particularly compelling or interesting about this for me.......more

Goodreads review by Maria on October 02, 2017

Pausa ou Fuga Se um coração de meia idade, que até à data sempre bateu bem, tem um ataque daqueles que mete cirurgia e tudo, algo de muito errado se está a passar. E...por razões mais que óbvias, urge investigar!... No caso de Maribeth, foi fácil: Com dois gémeos de 4 anos, marido, profissão e uma casa......more

Goodreads review by Noel on May 07, 2017

SPOILER FREE REVIEW Picture this: a man wakes up one day with a toothache. He ignores it for a while, but soon the pain becomes so unbearable that he decides to pack his bags and go on a spiritual quest to find the Dalai Llama. On the journey, he meets a kind Sherpa who guides him up the perilous slo......more