Let Her Go

A powerful and haunting novel about family, motherhood and letting go from the author of Fractured.How far would you go to have a family?What would you hide for someone you love?Confused and desperate, Zoe McAllister boards a ferry to Rottnest Island in the middle of winter holding a tiny baby close to her chest, terrified that her husband will find her or that her sister will call the police.Years later, a teenage girl, Louise, is found on the island, unconscious and alone. Flown out for urgent medical treatment, when she recovers she returns home and overhears her parents discussing her past and the choices that they've made. Their secrets, slowly revealed, will shatter more than one family and, for Louise, nothing will ever be the same again.Let Her Go is a gripping, emotionally charged story of family, secrets and the complications of love. Part thriller, part mystery, it will stay with you long after you close the pages wondering ... What would you have done?'[Barker] constructs a delicate sympathy for both of the opposing characters in the book, and she leaves it to the reader to take their own stance on the situation' - Good Reading'Let Her Go is a heart-wrenching look at the complex interpersonal dynamics of, and grief experienced by, two families involved in a surrogacy' - West Australian'her haunting second novel, a powerful exploration of motherhood, secrets and lies' - Who Weekly'a believable family drama that will hold you to the last line' - Adelaide Advertiser