Dear Edie, I wanted you to know so many things. I wanted to tell you them in person, as you grew. But it wasn't to be.


Jess never imagined she'd be navigating single motherhood, let alone while facing breast cancer. A life that should be just beginning is interrupted by worried looks, heavy conversations, and the possibility of leaving her daughter to grow up without her.


Propelled by a ticking clock, Jess knows what she has to do: tell her daughter everything. How to love, how to lose, how to forgive, and, most importantly, how to live when you never know how long you have.


From best-selling author Laura Pearson comes her most devastating book yet. Honest, heart-wrenching, and emotionally raw, I Wanted You To Know is a true love letter to life: to all its heartache and beauty, to the people we have and lose, to the memories and moments that define us.


I Wanted You To Know is Laura Pearson's third novel.


PRAISE FOR I WANTED YOU TO KNOW


'poignant' - Glamour UK


' Laura Pearson is one of our most gifted writers' - Clare Empson, author of Him


'one of my books of the year' - Louise Beech, author of The Lion Tamer Who Lost and Call Me Star Girl


'a book that will stay with me forever as one of the most poignant I have ever read' - Tina, NetGalley Reviewer


'a beautiful novel that will leave you wanting to live your best life.' - Lauren North, author of The Perfect Betrayal


'Another courageous and powerful novel from Laura Pearson . Her best yet.' - Fiona Mitchell, author of The Swap


'This book will tear you apart, but leave you forever changed for the better.' - NJ Crosskey, author of Poster Boy


'Laura's special power is to pack love, warmth and wisdom into the darkest places. The result is beautiful.' - Francesca Jakobi, author of Bitter


'I have been changed after reading it and I will never forget it.' - Madeleine Black, author of Unbroken


'beautifully written with the urgency of a thriller which grips you while breaking your heart.' - Jane Shemilt, author of How Far We Fall


'5 stars just isn't enough!' - Kelly, NetGalley Reviewer


'beautiful, heartfelt and honest - it is perfection' - Emma, NetGalley Reviewer


'absolutely, brutally, brilliant.' - Libby, NetGalley Reviewer