The Idea of You is the first book I’ve read by Amanda Prowse and wow, what a story. I loved that this book was about an older couple – 40-ish – even though they hadn’t been married that long.Lucy wants a baby more than almost anything. Jonah has a teenage daughter, Camille, from a previous marriage but he also wants a baby with Lucy. When Camille comes to live with them their relationship becomes strained; Camille’s attitude towards Lucy isn’t great and this impacts Lucy’s attitude towards Camille.

It’s hard for me to say much about this story without giving anything away and I don’t do spoilers. The emotion that this story invoked in me was hard to deal with at times even though I have no personal experience with any of the things that Lucy dealt with. Once I started reading The Idea of You I couldn’t put it down.

I think Ms. Prowse’s writing is wonderful but I do want to mention that some might find it different and judge it unfairly. It’s written in British English so a lot of the words are spelled differently from American English and the phrasing and terminology might be hard for some readers to understand. I’ve read a lot of books by British authors so I didn’t find anything strange about the wording or phrases. I am glad that I read on an e-reader, though, because it’s so easy to look up words that I’m not familiar with.

I love reading books by new-to-me authors and I found it very rewarding to read such a great story that helped me stretch my boundaries as a reader.

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Amanda has always obsessively crafted short stories and scribbled notes for potential books, but it wasn’t until she was forty that she began writing full time. The result was Poppy Day, the story of an army wife, whose incredible love for her husband gives her the courage to rescue him from hostages in Afghanistan. This was followed by the number 1 bestseller What Have I Done? Amanda now has ten novels and four novellas published.

All of Amanda’s books in the No Greater Love series share common themes in that they are contemporary love stories, the main characters are women, just like you and I, who find themselves in extraordinary situations for love.

Her new series is the No Greater Courage series, tales of women facing the trials that life throws at them and having to dig deep to find the will and strength to succeed. This series includes the A Mother’s Story and Perfect Daughter, which continue to receive brilliant reader and press reviews.

Amanda’s ambition has always been to create stories that keep people from turning the bedside lamp off at night, great characters that ensure you take every step with them and tales that fill your head so you can’t possibly read another book until the memory fades…
Currently, Amanda lives in the West Country with her husband and their 18 & 19 year old boys Josh and Ben.