Its always good to curl up with a new Fern Britton and this one did not disappoint.
Sennen is 17, mother to two young children and unmarried. She is overwhelmed by life and is then let down by the father of the children, Henry and Ella. She runs away with her best friend to Spain, leaving the children to be brought up by their grandparents. Many years later she learns her parents have died. By then she is living in India, married with two small children. This is the story oh her return to Cornwall, discovering her children and putting right what happened all those years ago. She also has to reconcile her family in India with the new family in Cornwall. Loved it!!

Coming Home follows Sennan returning home to her grown up children Henry & Ella, whom she abandoned when they were both under two as she couldn't cope being a teenage single mum, even though her parents supported her wonderfully.

The story entwines between the present and the past, mostly following what Sennan had been up to since she ran away to Spain. She is summoned home by a letter having found its way to her in India because her mother had died without a will, so being her heir would inherit her estate. Her reunion with Henry & Ella is fraught with drama and issues. She needs to convince them she is there for them and not the money.

Whilst it is a pleasant story, it was maybe a little predictable in its ending. Even though she has not been home for many years, you are given the impression no-one knows where she is but the letter finds its way to her somehow having been re-addressed many times. Plus on return to this country would a passport control person know she's been away for a long time?

Even though this is an advance copy, there were quite a few times where the characters were incorrectly named, which let it down.

I received #cominghome from #netgalley in return for a honest review.

A very heartwarming book about family life and failed relationships.
Sennen is only young when she falls for a magician performing at a local theatre, when she discovers she's pregnant and the father has moved on she fears what will happen to her and her baby. Supported by her parents she gives birth to her son Harry.
Again Sennen falls pregnant and has a baby girl Ella, she goes to find the father of her children, she believes he will help and support them, but he's moved on and naively Sennen goes in search of him.
This is a book of love, loss and feelings all rolled into one, thoroughly enjoyable and an easy read. My first Fern Britton book but not my last

This is a perfect summer read based in beautiful Cornwall and follows Fern Brittons series of books but if you haven't read any of the others it could be read as a standalone book. It follows the story of Sennon, a young woman who runs away from home and her responsibilities of her two young Children when she was just a teenager, 20 years on shes back to face the music but will her children want to know her. Its not schmaltzy just well written.

A really enjoyable book, well written. A great insight into what makes families work and not work plus the emotional roller coaster that inevitably happens

What a wonderful and moving story, spanning three generations of one family, and I was privileged to learn all of their stories. I was also delighted to see this book was focused on Ella's story, which I had been wanting to know more about since I finished The Postcard.

Although this is another book set in Pendruggan, and I did love my return to Trevay, this is definitely a standalone book, and the few recurring characters that were present really were there in a minor way this time around.

Ella was just a baby, and Henry two years old when their mother, Sennen who was 17 at the time, walked out on her children, leaving them to be brought up by her parents.

Fast forward to now and Ella and Henry are grown up, and have mixed feelings towards the mum the barely remember or knew. However things are about to come to a head, when she returns to Cornwall.

Over the course of the book we learn a lot about Adela and William's relationship, and what Sennen was like as a child. We see what Sennen has been doing from when she ran away, and also what her children are doing in the present.

The time line floats about between the various elements and after a while I got used to never being quite sure what the next chapter would bring or who the focus would be on.

I loved hearing about all the various stories involved, although Henry really didn't come off that well, I can understand his anger. I loved getting to know Ella and Kit a lot better and the situation with Sennen had me gripped at all times.

This is heart warming, slightly emotional, full of love and family ties, and really is a fabulous book that I adored reading. Easily one of my favourite Fern Britton books to date.

Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Collins for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

Another Cornish romance from Fern Britton. All very cosy and a bit predictable but well written. Good escapist reading for those cold, wet winter days/evenings. There is a lesson here that too much freedom may not be good for a child in the longer term.

Romance and family ties and complications make for an easy read and it will keep you interested. Happy ending all round amazingly, not sure if that would happen in real life, but this is entertainment. Probably would put this in the Chic Lit category, though I hate that term. Something to be learnt from others mistakes, could be the moral of the story. Recommended if you like happy endings

Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins for a copy of this delightful read. The story twines together the tales of three generations with chapters relating to the present younger generation, the parent and the grandparents and moves between each strand with ease. A book I could not put down. A real page turner. I would highly recommend this book.

Initially when I started this book I found it hard to like Sennen the main character however, once past the first few chapters she and and the other charcaters grew on me and I couldon't put it doenables. I love the tales from India, the vibrancy and the way the colourful sight and smells are described. Likewise the Cornwall coast also comes to life under the authors hand. This is a feel good book that will leave you feeling like visiting both Cornwall and India.

Coming Home by Fern Britton a fun filled four-star read, this is a stand-alone read set in a lovely Cornish Village Pendruggan, well at least that’s what it seems on the surface. This was a great read, it spans the life of three generations of a family all about coming home and facing life, life to come and life you left behind. Maybe that’s why this book spoke to me, as I left my family as a seventeen year old to live my own life, I understood Sennan’s decision even if I didn’t always agreed with her.
The author has a great talent for giving great pace to the story, it could get confusing with the time jumps but they are plotted and done very well. The characters have a great back story and are all well wrote, but there was just something that didn’t fit. I have read another book by the author previously and enjoyed it and I will definitely pick others up and will be picking this one up when it comes out in paperback as I know that I would definitely read it again.

Sweet family saga with a difference. Hugely enjoyable.

A lovely feel-good read. Set in Cornwall and following three generations of the Tallon family, this book is a well paced and very enjoyable. Sennen Tallon has two teenage pregnancies and flees her life in Cornwall unable to cope. We pick up the story as her now grown up children come to terms with their mother's abandonment, interspersed with flashbacks to Sennen's life after leaving her family. I will certainly look for other books by Fern Britton, especially others from this series. Thanks NetGalley!

I would like to thank Harper Collins and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read ‘Coming Home’ by Fern Britton in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.
‘Coming Home’ is an emotional novel of the three generations of Tallon women, Adela, her daughter Sennen, and Sennen’s daughter Ella.
Sennen has two children, Henry and Ella, whilst still a teenager and finds it hard to cope so runs away to Spain leaving her parents Adela and Bill to bring them up. When Sennen’s father and then later her mother die she comes back to Cornwall to try and make amends with her children and although Ella welcomes her with open arms Henry finds it hard to forgive her for leaving them twenty-five years ago.
The transition between chapters of Sennen’s childhood to her becoming an adult are handled smoothly and with tenderness and warmth. The descriptions of Trevay and Pendruggan are so vivid and detailed that I feel I’m there. This is a thoughtful and well-written novel and I became more and more involved with the characters as I continued to read, finally reaching the conclusion with a tear in my eye. This is a lovely story and well worth reading.

I found this to be a delightful and charming story. In fact I read it in two days because I enjoyed it so much. The characters are engaging, the setting beautiful and the plot was interesting and became compulsive reading. I highly recommend this book.

I really enjoyed this book which was about 3 generations and other cultures and how their behaviours differed because of their age and culture.
It was a gentle tale that dealt with mistakes made in life. Very good read

Pure escapism. I lost myself in the characters world and enjoyed this book. I really liked the setting (Cornwall and India) and could envisage the sights and sounds. An easy read and perfect for a holiday or a wet and rainy Sunday.

This is a lovely book to curl up with on a Sunday afternoon. It follows Henry and Ella's story who were introduced to us in one of Fern's earlier books and we get to see how their lives have continued and what happens when their mother returns.

I really enjoyed it and was a lovely gentle read.

I loved Coming Home - an epic of secrets and lies over three generations zig-zagging continents with a beautiful ending. Spellbinding.

Another book from Fern Britton about the residents of a small village in Cornwall. I've read one other book from this series (The Postcard) and, as with that book it is not necessary to have read previous titles about this village as each book focuses on a different set of characters although there is a thread when characters from previous titles are bought in. A light and easy read, ideal for holidays. This is a book about coming to terms with the past and reconciliation. It basically involves teenage Sennen who abandoned her two very young children in the care of her parents and ended up leading a rather nomadic life. It is the death of the parents which brings her back to Cornwall and her two, now grown up, children who receive her reappearance in totally opposite ways. Her daughter accepts Sennen straight away but her son rebels and is, quite honestly, very badly behaved and throws a lot of tantrums. Both extremes are slightly unbelievable but it hangs together as a story and the ending is slightly predictable but for this type of read totally acceptable. I would certainly read other stories from the village's set of characters in the future.