Leave Me

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It's every woman's fantasy: to pack a bag and leave everything behind.

Meet Maribeth Klein, a harried working mother who is so busy taking care of her husband and twins that she doesnt even realise that she has had a heart attack.

But her recuperation seems to be an imposition on those who rely on her. SoMaribeth does the unthinkable she packs a bag and leaves. Maribeth has always wondered who she is and where she comes from: and now's the time to find out. Now, far from the demands of family and career, she is finally able to own up to the secrets she has been keeping from herself and those she loves.

From the bestselling author of If I Stay and I Was Here comes a stunning new novel for Formans adult readers, an unflinching portrait of a woman confronting the joys and sorrows of marriage, motherhood and friendship.

*~*~*Readers love Leave Me*~*~*

'[Leave Me]reminds you that we are all fragile human beings, imperfect and all a work in progress and above all, it reminds us that life is complex and frightening but not impossible'The Bookbag

Read it, as they say, and weep Daily Mail

'When I reached the end of this book, I was in tears because of how honest and raw it was. This book will really make you think very deeply about your deepest desires'Twenty-Three Pages

'An appealing fairy tale for the exhausted and underappreciated'Kirkus

'Deftly explores the domestic struggles of 21st-century bourgeois life. This is an insightful ode toand cautionary tale forthe overburdened working mother'Book Page

'With humor and pathos, Forman depicts Maribeths complicated situation and her thoroughly satisfying arc, leaving readers feeling as though theyve really accompanied Maribeth on her journey'Publishers Weekly

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'For all that the subject is emotional and dark, this ultimate forbidden maternal fantasy is written with a light, refreshingly satirical touch - a triumph'

-- Daily Mail

Author Bio

Gayle Forman is an award-winning author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications, includingSeventeen,Cosmopolitan, andEllein the US. Gayle Formans novel,If I Stay, was released as a blockbuster movie starring Chlo Grace Moretz in 2014. Her most recent YA novel isWe Are Inevitable. Gayle lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.