I must firstly apologise for the amount of time it has taken me to provide a review of this book, my health was rather bad for quite some time, something that had me in hospital on numerous occasions and simply didnt leave me with the time I once had to do what I love most.

Unfortunately that does mean I have missed the archive date for many of these books, so It would feel unjust throwing any review together without being able to pay attention to each novel properly.

However, I am now back to reading as before and look forward to sharing my honest reviews as always going forward. I thank you f0r the patience and understanding throughout x

Two women with deep emotional scars will see in each other how bleak their lives could be. They will live through their journey to wellness together.

A genuinely great book to ready, it filled up a bunch of little spots in my heart. This was the first book I've read by this author and I know it won't be my last. My only regret is that I let this book sit in my TBR pile, entirely too long. Thank you Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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Such a late review I know and for that I’m sorry.
This is a lovely tale of an unexpected friendship. How two peoples lives cross paths unknowingly but in that they find how familiar their problems are and in acknowledging that they can help each other.
The story is told in a great way, two different stories in two different time periods, which then come together in the present.
The author brought the stories together well and developed the characters in ways that makes you fall in love with them and want to see them have a happy ending.
There are certainly some parts which will tug on your heart strings and these do play a part throughout the whole story but they are dealt with delicately and sensitively.
I really loved this story and would recommend it to others.

Loved this read! Tough topics for sure, but really well written.

My first book to read by this author. .

Imogen Clark has written a good women’s fiction book that will have you invested in the story and the lives of Pip and Evelyn. The characters are well developed. Walking through the challenges these two women face is an emotional journey. The way they connect was interesting and I loved seeing the friendship develop and grow.

Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for my advanced review copy. All opinions and thoughts are my own.

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I went to thank Netgalley and the author for gifting me the ebook. Love the cover. A great light hearted read. Recommend

Imogen Clark really kept me guessing through the pages. With each portion, an added bit to expand on letting two wounded souls find themselves and discover a brighter path to follow. I really enjoyed how Reluctantly Home wove together the new tomorrow. Thank you Netgalley for this path.

I loved this book.
Such a neat premise - a charity shop find bringing two women of different generations together, both of whom have had to return home reluctantly.
The writing is wonderful and it manages to touch on some difficult issues - MeToo, hoarding, PTSD - without being too heavy.
It's made me want to read more books by this author - this was my first.

Reluctantly Home is another beautifully written novel from Imogen Clark that tells the stories of two women in different time periods. Pip is a successful lawyer in London but moves back home to Sussex following a terrible accident. Evelyn is an actress in London in the 1970’s but also moves back home after her life changes direction. When these two women find each other, they realise their stories share similarities and offer support to move on with their lives.

Imogen Clark writes believable books that are sensitively written and contain characters the reader cares about and can relate to. Highly recommended.

I loved this book. I loved the characters,. It was extremely well written book that discusses alot of hard topics. It was slow to start off with but really picked up. Highly recommend.

In Reluctantly Home, Imogen Clark creates a book that pulls at the reader's heartstrings. Two women are bound together by a diary and a sting of tragedies. The question is if they can find their way through those losses, perhaps through an unlikely connection?

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with this book. All thoughts are my own.

TW child death, mental health. This was a really complex and deep book. It was well written, but the topics were too much for me.

Thanks to Amazon UK and NetGalley for the ebook in exchange for an honest review. what a story! Two people meet and find a way to help each other. Enjoyed the story to the very end

Imogen creates characters you care about. You keep picking up the book to see what they are doing, and HOW they are doing. They are real and flawed and relatable.
In Reluctantly Home, we follow 2 main characters at 2 different points in recent history, as their troubled lives are laid out. We watch them learn how to live by seeing themselves in the stories of others. Something to which we can all relate.
Always emotional, and always enjoyable, Imogen once again crafts a beautiful depiction of an imperfect life.

I liked this book a lot and recommended it on my Facebook page to my friends, a lot of whom always ask me what I am reading and then they read it, so I guess they like what I like. I liked the main character, Pip, and how she evolved throughout the book.. A good read!

Clark has written a novel that examines the ability for someone to cope with guilt and tragedy, and then move forward. Pip, our main character, is distraught after a fatal accident, and is unable to get her life back on track. She takes a leave of absence from her high powered attorney position to move home with her parents and recover. And recover she does, though slowly and at times, without even realizing it.

Pip meets another woman, Evelyn, harboring a secret and her own tragedy. The two meet and ultimately become friends despite many differences including age and background. Each helps the other move forward to start living again.

The pace of the book is appropriate, not too slow or fast, with solid writing. I would be curious too, to see what happens to these two women in a few years, if the author were to write a sequel or follow up book with other characters, mentioning these two as side characters to a new story.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley and have written an objective review.

Oh my goodness this book was sad but had happy moments in it.

Pip ends up back at her parents farm after an accident and she has a meltdown, she volunteers in a charity shop and discovers a diary which she reads and wants to return it to its owner.

Evelyn is the author of the diary and she lost her daughter over 30 years ago and has become a recluse. Pip and Evelyn become friends and help each other over the grief of their own tragedies.

It was a very enjoyable book which had sadness and there was happy bits as well.

Took me a while to get into this book but I was interested to see the story unfold as we learnt more about the two main characters Pip and Evelyn. They’ve both been through traumatic events in their lives and have to learn with them and through them.
Their lives have both been dramatically changed and as their relationship develops they can see beyond the accidents and allow themselves to live again.

Beautiful story. I loved how Pip and Evelyn’s stories and lives intertwined and how through finding each other both found peace with their pasts and hope for their future.