Wow, what a brilliant book that I found heart-wrenching and emotional and is so beautifully and sensitively written for an emotional topic. A stunning story about family, motherhood, love and loss.The story of Jonah and Lucy is like a fairytale, such deep love and the only thing to complete it is to start a family, but this proves to be harder than they thought. When Jonah’s teenage daughter Camille comes to stay with them for an extended holiday, Camille takes an instant dislike to her father’s...

Lucy to some, has it all. She may have met and married the love of her life, relatively late compared to some and is a high flyer in a career but the one thing she wants above all else, is to be a mother.Jonah and Lucy have such a heartwarming relationship but when his daughter from a previous marriage comes to stay, Camille, it puts them through a testing time. Camille is a reminder of what it’s like to be a young sixteen year old. She could definitely be anyone of us at that age. I couldn’t he...

I thought this was a mostly lovely story of family. The main character, Lucy, is around 40 years old, recently married and desperate for a child. Her new husband has a teenaged daughter that Lucy has never met, who is coming to stay with them for a while. There are also complicated relationships with family members and ex-partners. It started out a bit rough for me. Although I could understand and feel for what Lucy was going through, she came across as bit obsessed and whiny. It is difficult to...

I can understand Lucy wanting to finally meet the man of her dreams because, ahem, that's what I'm currently hoping now. But I'm not a fan or whirlwind romances just like what happened to Lucy when he met Jonah. If a marriage is a product of these hasty love stories, I think that's where the complications always start. Lucy wasn't prepared to what could happen after getting married; and she's either overwhelmed by her new situation or she just didn't expect the problems that would soon arise.Ove...

Lucy is a 39-year old advertising executive who has just about given up on marriage and motherhood after her fiance left her to marry her cousin. But when she attends the christening of her godson, she meets Jonah Carpenter who immediately is smitten and so is she. They soon marry and try vigilantly to have a baby with tragic results. Life gets even more complicated when Jonah's 16-year old daughter, Camille, comes for an extended visit.I couldn't decide for quite some time whether I liked Lucy

Thank you to Netgalley, lake union publishing and Amanda Prowse for the opportunity to read this book for an honest review. I voluntarily reviewed an Advance reader copy of this book. You can find my review on both Goodreads and Amazon. On goodreads.com/karenwhittard and on Amazon under k.e.whittard from publication date. Grab you jumbo sized box of tissues, the biggest bar of chocolate that you can find, put on some comfy pjs, clean off your makeup, clear your diary and make sure that you are a...

10☆ ++ Utterly Fantastic! Highly Recommend!I just finished Amanda Prowse The idea of You.Utterly Fantastic!Had me in tears. Amanda always puts so much raw emotion into her books and always challenges topics that are sensitive, in a way that's informative and passionate making it ok to discuss.Amanda always writes from the heart and it shows as her writing style always has  such passion and strength. This book is about a women's longing for a family, however mother nature has other ideas and she

The Idea of You by Amanda Prowse is a 2017 Lake Union Publishing publication. One of my 2019 New Year’s resolutions was to utilize by Kindle Unlimited subscription more. I had checked this book out a very long time ago, and it has been sitting on my Kindle, untouched, for ages. So, this was one of the first KU books I chose to read this year. Amanda Prowse has received a lot of praise from some of my reviewer contemporaries, so every time I saw one of her books on sale or in the KU library, I’d

4 stars to Amanda Prowse's book The Idea of You, a fictional story about a women craving motherhood but facing many barriers to success. I was offered this book through NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing in exchange for a fair an honest review. I am glad I read it and had a positive reaction. On to the review! Story Lucy has wanted to be a mother for a very long time, but she's about to turn 40 and was recently dumped by her boyfriend who went on to marry Lucy's own cousin. At a christening,

3 Stars.Not My Cup of Tea. A One-Note Storyline. Yet Well Written.Lucy Carpenter is a single woman of 39. She has a fabulous career. One which everyone is jealous of. She appears to have it all. Yet she is desperately unhappy. She wants a man. She goes to events, weddings and christenings and sees people embarked on coupledom and she is alone, wondering what is wrong with her. FINALLY, while at a christening for her co-worker’s baby, she meets one: Jonah Carpenter. He is the man of her dreams an...

Lucy Carpenters 40th birthday is approaching and she hopes she will finally have it all. A wonderful new husband, Jonah. She has a successful career and she now has a chance of a baby of her own. But the reality of becoming parents proves to be much harder than they imagined.This is a really emotional read. The characters are likeable and believable. Amanda Prowse has a writing skill that's pulls you in within the first chapter. This book will leave you an emotional wreck. I do recommend this bo...

Having just finished this this wonderful book, I have a lump in my throat and tears are just pricking at my eyelids. It is another masterpiece from the incredibly talented Amanda Prowse, and this time the theme of the book is parenthood and family. The writing is beautiful and draws you into the story right from the start. It was the perfect way for me to spend a Sunday afternoon, utterly absorbed in Lucy Carpenter's story with new husband Jonah and step daughter Camille. There are some incredib...