"Can I Let You Go?" is a poignant memoir that explores the complex emotions surrounding love, loss, and the difficult decision to let go. Cathy Glass has written a powerful account of her experience caring for Faye, a young woman with learning difficulties who is pregnant and facing the possibility of giving her child up for adoption. Glass's compassionate and insightful writing captures the heartbreak, courage, and resilience of Faye and the people who love her. This book is a must-read for anyone who has ever faced a difficult decision or struggled with loss.

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Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and vulnerable, and normally lives with her grandparents, both of whom have mobility problems. Cathy and her children welcome Faye into their home and hearts. The care plan is for Faye to stay with Cathy until after the birth when she will return home and the baby will go for adoption. Given that Faye never goes out alone it is something of a mystery how she ever became pregnant and Faye says it’s a secret.To begin with Faye won’t acknowledge she is pregnant or talk about the changes in her body as she worries it will upset her grandparents, but after her social worker assures her she can talk to Cathy she opens up. However, this leads to Faye realizing just how much she will lose and she changes her mind and says she wants to keep her baby.Is it possible Faye could learn enough to parent her child? Cathy believes it is, and Faye’s social worker is obliged to give Faye the chance.

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