The First Time I Said Goodbye by Claire Allan

Will Emily find out the truth before it’s too late? She is hiding a secret from her past, and it appears she isn’t the only one with a secret however, someone else’s could be more dangerous. It’s a story of a woman who wants more by admiring what someone else has. Her name was Rose is an addictive psychological thriller filled with lots of twists and turns. Did Rose have the life that Emily desired? The novel begins with the sad scene of Rosie’s death and it keeps the reader into it with lots of red herrings on the way to guessing the end. Soon she’ll learn that no one is perfect and not everything is what it appears to be. She is unable to move on after watching the scene. The obsession gets extreme, and she becomes more involved with Rose’s family and friends. She wants to know everything about Rosie’s life since Rose seems to have had everything Emily ever desired. Was she the one who sent the woman to her death? She wonders how it would be if she woke up as Rose and took over her life and left the past in the past, after all, she has nothing important going on. When she witnesses an awful accident, she’s guilty, remembering that she prompted the victim to step out first. Can Emily take up Rose’s place? She goes to the extent of applying for Rose’s job position and makes her friends her own.Įmily wants a new life, one in which she would feel loved and valued after being in an abusive relationship. Rose’s husband is lonely, their baby is motherless, and her job position needs to be filled. How can she get all that? Would it be a bad idea to take what Rose had now that she is not alive?

She also has a good job and friends who have her back, yet Emily has nothing. Rose had a handsome and successful husband that adored and loved her and a bouncing baby boy. It’s easy for people to be jealous of you once they see your moments. Was the car meant to hit Emily or Rose? Who is the person behind the accident? On the outside, she looks like someone who had a perfect marriage and life, but it’s obvious that everyone lets people see what they want to see by only sharing the happy moments. She has had a hard past and is now obsessed with watching Rosie’s happy life on her Facebook page and also attends her funeral.

At first, Emily thinks that the car was planned to hit her and becomes desperate to learn about the accidentĪfter breaking up with her boyfriend, Emily started taking anti-anxiety pills and a lot of alcohol. As they are almost near the road, Emily witnesses Rose get knocekd down by a fast car dying instantly. Claire is blessed with a son and a daughter.Įmily shares a lift with a stranger called Rose and Jack, her son, and after the door opens, Emily allows them to exit first.

Some of them include, Her Name was Rose, the Nurse, and The First Time I Said Goodbye, among others. She has written over a dozen of standalone novels. Claire Allan is a literature and fiction writer born in Ireland.

The First Time I Said Goodbye by Claire Allan