The Light in the Hallway by Amanda Prowse was Just beautifully written throughout and one thing I will say "You will need tissues!" Once I started to read Amanda's new book, I knew I had to turn off my phone, shut the door to my reading room and become apart of The light in the Hallway. Amanda always captures human emotions of life, love and loss is a way, that you become apart of this story. You can relate to parts of it throughout your life.
This always makes her books special and I highly recommend them.

But Don't forget your tissues as you will need them. A beautiful touching story that gets 5 stars.

Big Thanks to Amanda Prowse and NetGalley for an advanced readers copy of this book.
All opinions are my own and not biased in anyway

The Light In The Hallway by Amanda Prowse tells the story of how a family rebuilds itself after the death of a loved one. "Grief is not a linear journey" is what I got from the book. The Journey in question is that of the widower, Nick Bairstow, who whilst trying to come to terms with losing his wife has the added burden of dealing with his teenage taciturn son and his inlaws. He is torn between being pragmatic and being dogmatic. The writer's use of analepsis, rather than being tedious is a welcome tool to effectively explain Nick's dilemma. The book takes the reader on an emotional journey and leaves you wondering if you are equipped for the curveballs that life throws your way. This will make a good selection for a book club as there are lots of topics to discuss.

Beautiful, powerful, feel good read! Friendship, love, heartbreak and loss, rediscovery and redirection, hope, love, and friendship again. Well written with good character development. As a widow myself, I really appreciated the realistic account and perspective of the widower in this story. I loved this book :)

Another excellent story from this amazing author. It covers every emotion possible and a book I would recommend to anyone who loves family stories. Loved it !!

From the refreshing point of view of a male perspective to the enigmatic way this book pulled me under it's spell I was transfixed. As I've come to expect from an Amanda Prowse story, the writing was exceptionally well thought out and moving beyond belief. The dual timeliness weaved a beautiful story together to produce a tale of love, loss, family and friendship.

Amanda has a profound way of making characters come alive off the pages to create a poignant and sincere look at life. The narrative was an emotive roller-coaster that had me reaching for a tissue or two and I was caught up with each and every moment of Nick's story.

The book touches on many topics that will tug at the heartstrings and resonate with many a painful memory for each and everyone of us. Grief is one of the hardest roads to travel along and we all deal with the bleak and unspoken moments in our own way. This story touches upon those tough times, trying navigate a way out of the storm, which spoke to me on many levels and I found I couldn't put it down, even for a moment.

The Light in the Hallway is a work of beauty. From the emotional pull to the poignant words that lit up the pages I was in awe. Well done Amanda on yet another truly special story.

There seems to be no topic that Amanda Prowse will not challenge head on. The Light in the Hallway is the story of Nick and his son Olly, both trying to navigate their lives after the tragic death of wife and mother, Kerry. Nick has watched the love of his life fade away for many months and now he has to pick his life up again and start over. But Nick lives in a small village where everyone knows everyone else’s business, everyone grew up together and pretty much everyone works for Sidley’s factory supplying lighting. If that weren’t suffocating enough, Kerry’s sister is none to happy with Nick moving on with his life as he becomes attached to another woman. Thrown in with all the drama is Ollie learning to live without his mum , whilst managing life away at university. Alongside the tragedy are the lovely snippets of Nick’s happiest time, the summer he built a bicycle with his closest mates, Eric and Alex. These chapters lighten the mood just at the point where you most need to smile and not cry.
Once again an emotional roller coaster of a novel that had me hooked from page one and left me eager for the next novel by this amazing writer.

The Light in the Hallway is the fabulous new book from Amana Prowse. Nick looses his wife of eighteen years to cancer, and is left trying to understand his own grief and helping his eighteen year old son deal with his. At only thirty six, Nick has his whole life ahead of him but finds the grief process difficult to navigate especially when family have expectations of how he should feel and act. Nick wonders if he and his son Olly can ever find happiness again. This emotional read looks at how grief effects people in different ways and ultimately that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

What I enjoy about reading Amanda Prowse’s books is that she has to the skill to get into the human psyche and really understand human emotions. Grief is something we all have to deal with at some point in our life, and through Nick, Olly and their families we see the many ways people deal with it and how it can actually be divisive rather than bringing people together. Through her beautiful and empathetic prose Amanda catches the raw emotions of grief, the different emotions experienced as you work through it, and ultimately the hope that is at the end of the journey.

As a character I had huge sympathy for Nick. His wife was only in her early thirties when she died, and he now finds himself on his own with his son. Not only is he dealing the loss of his wife but his son is leaving home to start university. Nick and Kate married and had Olly at eighteen so Nick has never been on his own before. The title The Light in the Hallway refers to the light that was always on in his home when he came home from work to his family, now he just has Treacle the dog. This light is no longer there and the dark cold house represents his feelings of loss. As well as this present day plot line there is the story of Nick, and his best friends Eric and Alex when they were children and spent the summer building a bike for them to ride. This shows the juxtaposition of a carefree childhood, the freedom to enjoy life with no worries, against the present where Nick and Eric are making difficult life choices.

The Light in the Hallway is a beautiful and emotional read. Amanda Prowse is a master at this genre in her ability to understand people and emotions and bring them off the page and into the readers heart. A heartfelt read, about life, loss, love, family and hope that will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. Another brilliant book from Amanda!!

I wasn’t sure initially about this book and it took me a while to engage but once I did and the story developed I found it very moving. A lovely tale of grief, loss, friendship, love and family.

Although it took me a couple of chapters to settle into the book. author Amanda Prowse skillfully weaves us between years in an effort to help the reader understand how Nick’s present-day life is built from his past. The book begins in 1992 with young Nick and his friends wanting a bicycle. It moves from there to present day, where Nick and his son, Oliver, are facing the loss of their wife and mother, Kerry.

Emotions run raw as the two adjust to her death. Nick feels like he has to walk on tiptoe to keep from upsetting Olly and Kerry’s family. How long should he wait before he shows interest in another woman? What does he need to do in order to be a good father to Olly? How will he adjust to fully being on his own when Olly goes away to university?

I love the friendship Nick has built with his childhood buddies. It is good to see their relationship strengthen as they grow older. Oliver develops into a mature young adult.

This is a story about love and the bonds of true friendship.

I received an Advance Reader’s Copy from NetGalley. Any opinion here is entirely my own.

Amanda Prowse never fails to write a good story and again this didn't disappoint! Sad, emotional and also uplifting. I would recommend all of her books.

The Light in the Hallway is a story about Nick who has lost his wife who dies from cancer. He has to learn how to deal with his own grief while helping his 18 year old son, Oliver. Oliver is hard on his dad while dealing with his grief. Nick has a great support system with his family and friends. This story takes us on his journey to learn his new normal. Great story about love, grief, friendship and growth.

I find it hard to say that I didnt enjoy this book.
Normally I find Amanda Prowse interesting and often evocative. I t's the story of two men, father and son, coming to terms with their grief after a death. Kerry, Nick's wife has died. For him, and for her son Oliver, this is seemingly the end of their world as they once knew it, and neither has any idea how to cope. They rarely talk about their feelings,....what men do?
I didnt take to Beverly at all. So sorry, this book was not my favourite, though I realise that it was very well written.
Thank toy to NetGalley for the chance to review this book.

I love all of Amanda's books, the characters are so real and I always feel part of them by the end of the book. This book is about Nick and his life with his son and family when his wife dies. How he slowly moves on but has to try and get his son to understand it doesn't mean he no longer loved his wife. Unusually this book focuses quite a lot on male friendships and how they support each other in different ways than women do. I good read.

A Light in the Hallway by Amanda Prowse is the story of a family. The story opens as Kerry is battling cancer and her husband Nick is trying to manage the day to day task and be there for their teenage son Oliver. Nick struggles to manage everything and he finds it harder as time goes on. I know this makes it seem like a tear-jerker, and I admit I cried, but I also admired Nick for his strength in the face of the situation and his drive to keep going. The story spans a few years. The narrative moves through time showing us Nick’s scenes from Nick’s life and even letting us know what Kerry thinks. Nick plucked my heartstrings as he navigated the changes in his life and tried to do the best thing for his son. This story leaves you feeling hopeful and optimistic as you take Nick’s journey with him. He is supported by his friends and family and they add their own special touches to his journey. This book became available on November 11th and it might be just perfect for you or someone on your gift list.

Nick and Olly are slowly coming to terms with Kerry's death- wife and mother. When Nick tries to move on he realises that it isn't so simple, he has to deal with Olly, her mother and sister, his mother and the whole small town in which they live. Really well written to show how difficult moving on from bereavement actually is, the reader is caught up in his feelings.

The Light in the Hallway, is another incredible read from Amanda Prowse, this time showing a main male character's difficulties with loss / grief.

How are you supposed to please everyone else, when you are also struggling with your own grief, plus the added difficulties of dealing with the emotions of your only son who is just starting college? Where do you start? Where do YOU come in the list of people to please? Can you ever get over the loss of the love of your life?

This book shows the emotional roller coaster from the male perspective after loss, and portrays how family can become extremely selfish and overpowering in grief.

I loved this book, as I laughed, cried, got angry, and felt I was carried on the journey the character was going through.

My thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC copy, in return for a true unbiased review.

The Light in the Hallway is a very moving story. Amanda Prowse wrote about realistic family dynamics during a difficult time.

This is the first book I've read by Amanda Prowse, but it will not be the last! The reader is in for a roller coaster ride of emotions.

I enjoyed the flashbacks to the past mingled with the present. You got a good view of the main characters and their experiences growing up. It helps you have a deeper understanding of who they are and how they developed into the people they are as adults.

The myriad of emotions ... from love to loss ... from excitement to anger ... from fear to confidence ... will have you feeling them deeply. There are a lot of decisions to be made and how they are navigated is part of the struggle.

You will be cheering many of them along as they discover the path that will lead them on to their next adventure.

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

A standard book by Amanda Prowse. I like her books a lot but I wish there was something a little different about them, something a little more. Though I guess if you have a winning formula you're smart to keep at it. Either way, I'd recommend this book, it's how you would expect it to be.

Thank you to NetGalley, Amanda Prowse and Amazon Publishing UK for this ARC.

I loved this! A beautifully sad story guaranteed to tug at the heart strings. Another fantastic read from Amanda Prowse.