Amanda Prowse is the Queen of emotions. Her words had the power to make me smile with tears falling down my cheeks. Each words grasped my heart in a vise, wrenching my emotions.

Nick and Kerry ajad been love with each other for most of their lives. They had a son Ollie. Very soon, Kerry died. And the father and son had to deal with their loss and apin and find a way to live their lives.

Ms. Prowse is phenomenal, she could make me feel every word of her book. The story had all the emotions packed in its pages. It was about life's choices along with its moments of joy and sorrow. It was wonderful to see father and son forging a new bond, a new reality to their lives.
A beautiful read, indeed.

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. To me, a mark of a good story is one that makes you laugh and makes you cry and this certainly hit the mark. Beautifully written with a real human feel. I couldn’t put the book down and enjoyed every minutes reading it.

This was a realistic look at what happens to someone’s life when they suffer a devastating loss and must move on. Nick and Kerry were childhood sweethearts and have a teen son named Ollie. When Kerry gets cancer, everything goes downhill quickly and Nick has to say goodbye all too soon. He is not ready to let go of Kerry, nor is Nick ready to help Ollie deal with the loss of his mother. The story is a sad, portraying the emotional journey that one takes after loss. Nick and Ollie are trying to find themselves and who they are supposed to be without Kerry. I really liked the flashback at the end of each chapter to 1992, a year when Nick was working with his friends to build a bicycle out of spare parts that they find. The story was slow-paced and not terribly interesting at times, but it did offer a fascinating and well-done character study of the main characters going through some complicated problems like dating, going to college and dealing with in-laws. I knew the ending was coming, with everything all wrapped up a a bow and all issues resolved, but it seemed to come too fast, so it wasn’t very realistic. This book is contemporary fiction and will appeal to fans of modern fiction that tugs on heartstrings.

You will need a box of tissues with this book, but it was SO GOOD. Such a good cry. The story was beautiful.

The Light In The Hallway is another triumph for Amanda Prowse. She shares will us characters dealing with unexpected events that life has thrown them. This story seems very real and very likely is to many people. Amanda Prowse made us feel all the feels with this one!

My mom and I did a buddy-read of this book by Amanda Prowse. I have to admit that it started out slow for me, but it picked up in the second half of the book and I was glad I finished it. When Nick lost his wife and soul-mate to a devastating disease, he was left feeling empty and unsure of how to move on with his life. Different people in his life made sure he knew what the “appropriate“ behavior for a grieving widower is. As Nick struggles to please everyone by behaving the way they think he should, he realizes he has forgotten to care for his own needs. This was a very realistic look at how loss can make people behave in different ways, and how they move on with their lives after the loss of a loved one.

Despite the inherent sadness of the book I did enjoy this read - it had a lovely soft pace and the story pulled you along. It was vaguely unbelievable, not only sadness and joy but rags to riches felt a little bit too much at times, but overall a good holiday read and I would recommend it.

A new favourite author alert!!!

I adored this book. I find it funny, although felt there were too many flashbacks. Very touchy and good characters.

Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the eARC copy

I have no words! This is a heartbreaking tale of widower Nick who is lost without his wife and his journey of getting by without her.

A very moving story of how life moves on after a terrible loss. When someone you love dies, the loss can leave you feeling alone and unable to move through the pain. Amanda Prowse has done an excellent job of letting the readers feel this family's grief while they try to live the rest of their lives without the anchor provided by their wife and mother. You will definitely be sniffling by the time the book ends.

Thank you so much NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

This is my first Amanda Prowse and I can't wait to read her other books.

This was a fantastic family drama and I found myself engrossed in it to the point where I couldn't put it down!

How do you go on with life when you lose the one thing you have loved more than life itself?

I was an emotional wreck reading this - the ups and downs are tiring and so worth it.

Amanda Prowse is such a wonderful writer and I love her work.
It is such a treat to read anything from her.

In The Light in the Hallway, Amanda Prowse introduces a 35-year old widower Nick Bairstow. His wife Kerry has recently died and Bairstow is floundering with finding a way of life where his first love and young wife is not making dinner or parenting their son Oliver, about to go to university. There is no light on in the hallway, no life in Nick or in his home until other possibilities emerge in unexpected and wonderful ways -- Nick grows up, says what he means to say, and takes risks that he never dreamed to find himself doing, hearkening back to the best summer of his life when he was 10 and he and his best friends built a bike from scratch, explored the world, and had each other's backs when the unthinkable hit them square in the face. The characters are vivid, the events twisty and interesting -- and I loved the way Prowse pulled together the two story lines of past boy and present man.

I love this lady's writing. She writes slice of life stories - raw, ugly, truthful, but beautiful stories. There is no over the top, drama for drama's sake. She just tells it like it is. Life isn't always pretty. It's messy and awkward, but it can be really good too. I know when I crack open an Amanda Prowse book, I'm in for a treat, and this one was no exception.

The Light in the Hallway by Amanda Prowse is the first book I have read by this author, it will not be my last. Amanda Prowse wrote a wonderful story which drew me right in, making me forget everything else and did not let me go until I turned the last page. Wow what an emotional read. The author really hits on loss, grieving and learning how to live again and she does it with sensitivity. This book is very well written the characters well developed and believable. This is a story that will stay with you for a long time after you are done reading it. Make sure you have Kleenex handy. I am looking forward to reading more of this authors books.

This was a cute, easy read, but nothing extraordinary. It lacked depth for me, but my biggest issue with it was believing the main character was the age he was (mid-30s), which is also my age. He read like an old man, closer to retirement age than his 20s and I had to keep reminding myself of it. I can appreciate that we are all different, but it really started to irk me over the course of the book.

A good read if you're looking for something light to pass the time and wraps up nicely in the end.

Thanks to Net Galley for the advanced copy for my honest review.

Love this story! This author has never disappointed me. Nick is at a loss. A love story of Nick and Kerry and after a tragedy can you find his was. Emotional and joy at the same time.

I always eagerly await anything Amanda Prowse does and this did not disappoint. It took me a bit longer than usual to get engrossed but once i did then I was hooked. It really explores relationships through the grief process and there were lots of twists and turns. lots of sad moments but as always uplifting too.

When Nick’s wife Kerry falls ill and dies, he realises for the first time how fragile his happiness has always been, and how much he’s been taking his good life and wonderful family for granted. Now, he suddenly finds himself navigating parenthood alone, unsure how to deal with his own grief, let alone that of his teenage son, Olly. In the depths of his heartbreak, Nick must find a way to navigate life that pleases his son, his in-laws, his family and his friends—while honouring what Kerry meant to them all. But when it comes to his own emotions, Nick doesn’t know where to begin. Kerry was his childhood sweetheart—but was she really the only one who could ever make him happy? In the aftermath of tragedy, can Nick and his son find themselves again?

This book really does focus on love and death. We start with the death of Kerry and then follow Nick as he tries to navigate his way through life without her, handle his son Oliver and cope with the looks judgement that comes from living in a small place. The love comes in abundance, between all the characters and the reader to the book, I fell in love with this read and thoroughly enjoyed this family centred read.

Throughout this, Nick is trying to continue living his life, as a result Prowse has the characters do things that you may not agree with, I found myself disagreeing with a lot of the actions, especially at the beginning, but that is the point of this read. It got me thinking about how to behave, particularly after death, and makes you consider all the different possibilities, Prowse's characters all behave and react differently and it is this that makes the book.

A read such as this feeds off wonderful, loving characters so it is a good job Prowse has created such a cast. They all have their quirks, you will like some more than others as is only right, but at the end of the day they all have their hearts in the right place and getting to know them only enhanced my reading.

'The Light in the Hallway' is a very emotive and at times, desperately sad read. However there is a lot of love in this and the right balance of laughter. Amongst all this, you will find the hope and possibly, the light in the hallway.

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for an advance copy.

Loved, loved, loved this novel. From tears to smiles this one runs the gamut of emotions with each one tugging on your heartstrings. Loved the flashback chapters that added so much depth to the main characters-especially Nick. Eric, Olly, and Bev were such likable characters. I felt like I was right there with them and found myself talking to them on more than one occasion. This is definitely a feel good novel with a heartbreaking beginning and heartwarming ending. Don’t miss out on this one. Many thanks to Amanda Prowse and NetGalley for affording me the delightful opportunity to read this one.