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I Let You Go, by Clare Mackintosh

The grief I feel is so physical it seems impossible that I am still living; that my heart continues to beat when it has been wrenched apart. I want to fix an image of him in my head, but all I can see when I close my eyes is his body, still and lifeless in my arms. I let him go, and I will never forgive myself for that.

I know there are sections in I LET YOU GO – this one included - that are hard to read. I know that because they were hard to write; because I cried into my keyboard for Jenna, because so much of Jenna was me. I’m sorry if they were triggering for you. We are, as a society, very bad at talking about grief, and I believe very strongly that we need to change that, to protect our mental health and make it easier for sufferers to reach out.

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04 Jul 21 · Flag

bibliodufi

Thank you for raising the issue so well. I agree, it was very hard to read but we do need to banish the stigma around grief as well as poor mental health.

26 Jul 21 · Flag

Blake Walker

I Let You Go is still one of my favorite reads to this day. There were times I physically had to put it down, but when I finished it, I felt whole again. There was a rawness to it that made it real an…

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