This amazing read reached in, grabbed my heart and proceeded to hold it throughout, at times gripping while others, gentle squeezes. It made me cry, while questioning what I would do in similar circumstances. Absolutely loved CeeCee and the beautiful words of wisdom and love she shared to help Rachel and James heal. The pain and loss they each felt magnified the reality of grief - everyone grieves in their own way. All the “what if’s” and “If I had only...” made it that much more real to me. Still wondering what really happened to sweet Oscar.
The power of love, loss, and taking time to heal are all extraordinarily portrayed within these amazing pages...a must read! Many many thanks to Amanda Prowse, Lake Union Publishing, and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this very special read.

This is a book about how we grieve and how that can be different for each person. Rachel & James experience the most extreme loss a parent could have. Rachel and James react to this loss differently. The book mainly revolves around Rachel and her path through it.
The book is very good at bringing out your empathy for these characters and feeling their grief. I will say that I felt more for James and the rest of the family than I did Rachel.
I would definitely recommend this book to others.

I loved this book! It’s so sad and heartbreaking, but written in a way that draws you in from the first page. I’m excited to read more from this author.

When I chose The Coordinates of Loss on Net Galley, I had not read other books by Amanda Prowse, I am now a huge fan and have a long list of new books to read!!

I have a daughter - she is 23 now, but I still have nightmares of losing her. I just cannot imagine losing a child, so this book was extremely riveting and so emotional for me. When 7 year old Oscar disappears from the Croft's beautiful ship, I expected the worst and hoped for the best. I read The Coordinates of Loss in less than 12 hours - I had to know what happened. I love the way the story winds through generations of the loving nanny, CeeCee's family, and also Rachel and James' family histories. This story is sad, but without ruining anything...I loved the ending. Five stars from me, Please read this book!!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for providing me with an Advance Copy of The Coordinates of Loss by Amanda Prowse in return for my honest review.

Rachel and James Croft wake up on their boat to an idyllic morning off the coast of Bermuda. Rachel goes to her 7 year old son, Oscar's cabin to wake him and her world ends...Oscar is not in his cabin...or anywhere else on the boat. What could possibly have happened to him out on the ocean in the middle of the night?

Although Rachel and James live on hope, their dream of finding their son alive is never realized and they must move on without him, but how? James returns to his job, but when your job is your child, what do you do? Rachel is adrift and unable to deal with a life without her child. As Rachel grows more distant and their marriage bears the brunt of their sadness, will their beloved housekeeper Cee Cee be the one to pull them together? Or is her grief more than any of them can bear?

The Coordinates of Loss is a heartbreaking look at the death of a child and how loss and love are entertwined. Highly recommended!

A powerful and sensitive book. A very difficult subject, the loss of a child, but handled with sensitivity. The characters were all believable and well rounded and believable. No trite solutions but a story that felt like a journey.

Amanda Prowse paints a heartbreaking picture that makes the reader feel – really feel, what it must have been like for all of the characters at one point in their life. This book hurts to read, but the story is beautifully told.

Grief is necessary to heal, but it can be destructive. The Coordinates of Loss tells the story of Rachel and her ideal life, which changes dramatically very early on. The story is also told from CeCe’s perspective. The reader gets a hard look at how individuals cope in their own way. It can certainly take a village to help someone navigate what they’re feeling, but in the end, it’s not family that helps Rachel through this process, but CeCe. A must read for anyone that loves heartbreaking stories with a small light at the end of the tunnel.

Grab your tissues!!! This is a beautifully written story of the loss of a child. I could feel the heartache. It kept me interested from page one. I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and am voluntarily leaving this review

Beautifully written story of love, loss, and the things that separate us and bind us together. The themes of loss and regret really resonated with me, more than once I felt myself, “Sadder than sad,” as Cee-Cee put it perfectly. I felt like I was right there with the richly written characters, they transported me to their worlds and I feel like a better person as a result of reading this book. I highly recommend reading this brilliant book, it will change the way you look at love, fate, loss, and hope.

When I started reading this, I very nearly put it down and ignored it as I didn't think I was going to like it... Well thank goodness I didn't!!!

This book is so well written and absolutely broke my heart in places. The tic tac box means so much more than anyone could ever imagine and brought me to tears.

Highly recommend this book but don't read it in public if you don't want to be caught crying!

Having read an Amanda Prowse book before I made sure the tissues were on standby as she always tugs on you’re heart strings!!!

James and Rachel live in Bermuda, from the outside they have an idyllic lifestyle with a house overlooking the sea and a yacht they go on regularly with their 7 year old son Oscar.

Whilst on their yacht, Oscar disappears presumed dead by the police, both James and Rachel feel guilty that they hadn’t realised Oscar had got out of bed and had somehow ended up in the sea. Unfortunately in the depths of their grief Rachel finds herself turning away from her husband James.

This is beautifully written, you can feel the grief and despair at losing a child in such a mindless accident and you want them to find peace in the end.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.

4.5***** An emotional rollercoaster of a read. Wow my heart ached for everyone in this story, I cannot even begin to imagine the pain of losing a child, not only for the parents, but as we are reminded in the story, for everybody whose life he touched. As I was pulled through this emotional journey that Rachel and James go through, along with the journey Cee Cee takes us on through her letters to Rachel I had to keep the flame of hope alive that this family could make it out the other side of this tragedy together. A story of grief, love and finding out who we are and how strong we can be.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy in return for an honest review.

The Coordinates of Loss is an incredibly sad book. Which is exactly how I would feel if anything happened to one of my children. Everyone deals with grief differently and I am not sure I would handle it like Rachel but I could feel her every emotion. Everyone should have a Cee Cee to guide them through grieving. My best advice to readers is to be ready to run the gauntlet of emotion.

What a lovely, powerfully emotional story. It is terribly sad, I have taken ages to read it because it made me cry, a lot. Rachel's emotions are spot-on, although I was very surprised she left James. I felt so sorry for him, having to cope on his own once Cee-Cee had gone, whereas Rachel had a group of people to support her, even if some of them made life a wee bit uncomfortable at times. It cheered me up very much to have a good ending for the two of them.

I have read several of Amanda's books, and I think this is the most powerful yet, I think it must have been quite soul-searching to write. An excellent story, it deserves a huge audience.

The Coordinates of Loss is beautifully written; Amanda Prowse has an amazing way with words.

While living in Paradise and enjoying a boating trip, a couple wakes up to discover that their fearless beautiful 7 year old boy is missing from the boat. Gone.

While trying to find their way out of their grief, Rachel and James find it easier to be apart. James returns to work and Rachel returns to her childhood home in England. Through it all, their Bermudian housekeeper Cee-Cee writes letters to Rachel, talking about her own loss and how she found her way out of the darkness.

I enjoyed the writing style very much. It was a tear-jerker in many places. It is a story of navigating loss and grief and the places that it takes you and somehow hopefully finding your way back home. I selected the book based solely on its title and brief description and I’m so glad I did.

I understand that each person grieves in their own way but found Rachel a difficult character to like. and that had an effect on how much I liked the book.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This is my second Prowse book, and another on motherhood and the loss of a child. A strange theme maybe, for an author to riff on but I suppose there is value in it for the right audience. I realise now that it isn't for me. I don't seem able to connect with these privileged characters, as they finally find themselves brought low by grief. I also found the wise old Black housekeeper subplot a little thin and meandering. While there were some bright spots and I do very much appreciate the overall message that people must grieve in their own personal and sometimes strange ways, I think that these stories just don't speak to me personally in a very authentic or touching way so I will move on to other authors.

Another great book by Amanda Prowse. This is a story of grief and the devastation of losing a child. Very well written..

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I just could not connect with Rachel. I was much more interested in Cee-Cees story and looked forward to her letters. I enjoyed this book, but I didn’t love it. My heart broke for Rachel, James and Cee-Cee but there was it’s something stopping me from fully feeling Rachel’s pain.

I received an advanced copy in exchange of an honest review.

My first reaction to the book is wow! Rachel and James, along with their son Oscar seem to be living a perfect life. They have a large home in Bermuda, they are wealthy and very happy. They have a dedicated housekeeper name CeeCee who loves and takes care of their son as if he was her own. As they often do, they take off on their yacht for several relaxing days on the ocean. Then the unthinkable happens. When Rachel goes to wake her son up for the day, he is not in his cabin nor anywhere else on the yacht. These characters are deeply developed and relatable. How they all react to this situation is completely different, as most people would be in this situation. I found this book fascinating and couldn’t put it down.

Rev.iewed on B&N under the name IrishEyes430. I usually review on Kobo as well, but was unable to find it on the site

I was given a chance to read this book in advance of wider publication. I enjoyed getting to know the respective characters. The subject matter was both tragic and distressing for any parent. How would any of us cope with the unexplained loss of a child and the impact on our relationship both with a partner and wider family members. I shed tears at various points such was the power of the words. Very thought provoking but also extremely sad.