Thanks to Get Red PR, William Morrow Books, and Juliette Fay for the complimentary advance copy of Catch Us When We Fall in exchange for an unbiased review!!
Cass and Ben have been together for 11 years, since she was 18. She loves him fiercely and thinks he’s the smartest man she’s known, but they spent most of their time together drunk, barely eking out an existence and trying to make ends meet, and periodically finding themselves in dangerous situations.
When Ben dies, Cass finds herself alone and broke—and pregnant. She’s determined to do the right thing for the baby and stop drinking, but with no money, no real skills, and no friends who don’t drink, the prospects for sobriety don’t look good.
That’s when Cass reluctantly turns to Scott, Ben’s brother, who plays for the Boston Red Sox. She asks for his help to get sober and get on her feet, and they make a deal that neither really believes will come to fruition.
As Cass struggles with trying to stay sober and starting to think about a life for her baby, she deals with her unresolved feelings about her relationship with Ben and starts to open up to Scott, even though he keeps waiting for her to backslide. She also develops some strong friendships with others in recovery, which puts her in more stressful situations but also helps her realize her capacity to love and care for others—and be loved and cared for by them.
This is a beautiful, emotional story about embracing your vulnerability and the possibility of a future when you never thought there was one. Juliette Fay did a great job of keeping the book from getting too melodramatic—there were a few times I hoped over-the-top things wouldn’t happen and they didn’t.
Definitely one I’ll think about for a while!!
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