Description from Goodreads:
"What if the one thing you want is the only thing you can’t have?
With her fortieth birthday approaching, Lucy Carpenter thinks she finally has it a wonderful new husband, Jonah, a successful career and the chance of a precious baby of her own. Life couldn’t be more perfect.
But becoming parents proves much harder to achieve than Lucy and Jonah imagined, and when Jonah’s teenage daughter Camille comes to stay with them, she becomes a constant reminder of what Lucy doesn’t have. Jonah’s love and support are unquestioning, but Lucy’s struggles with work and her own failing dreams begin to take their toll. With Camille’s presence straining the bonds of Lucy’s marriage even further, Lucy suddenly feels herself close to losing everything…"
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You know that feeling when you finally pick up a book that's been hanging out on your virtual "to-be-read" pile forever? That was me with Amanda Prowse's The Idea of You (2017). I was so ready to dive in after all these years, but unfortunately, it wasn't the memorable read I was hoping for.
The plot's all about Lucy Carpenter. She's pushing forty and desperately wants a baby, but she keeps having miscarriages, which really strains things with her husband, Jonah. Then his tricky teenage daughter, Camille, moves in, making the family dynamic way more complicated. Prowse tackles some pretty heavy topics - identity, marriage and what it really means to be a modern mum.
The book definitely covers some relevant topics but, for me, I just couldn't fully click with the characters and some of the choices they made. It stopped me from getting totally invested in their emotional roller coaster. However, I know from reading others reviews, there are plenty who disagree with me so you might want to check it out rather than take my word for it.
Many thanks to the author, Avon Books UK and NetGalley for enabling me to read and, eventually, share my thoughts of this, my first outing with Amanda Prowse.
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