This book was full of angst, pain, sorrow, and yet... it is also so redemptively full of love and forgiveness.

Victoria was raised by her beloved grandmother Prim who died unexpectedly. At Prim's funeral, Victoria is faced with an unexpected surprise that will upset and upend her world as she knows it.

Victoria experiences all the sorrow of loss as well as the hopefulness of a future she did not expect.

I enjoyed the writing and the story--and recommend this book!

An emotional read with believable characters.

Many thanks to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.

When Prim dies, Victoria is bereft - she's the only mother figure that Victoria has ever known as her mother died when she was a baby, so was brought up by her beloved grandmother. Imagine her horror when someone turns up at the funeral claiming to be her mother. Suddenly Victoria's whole world is turned upside down; she has so many questions but Prim isn't around to answer them for her so she must make the journey of discovery alone.
I enjoyed this book, as much as i have enjoyed other Amanda Prowse novels - that's usually a sure fire way to ensure you're reading a good book.

I am a huge fan of Amanda Prowse and this latest novel does not disappoint!

Absolutely loved the characters and the flow of the story. Its a modern, heart warming, family story that leads you through their struggles and achievements.

Highly recommend.

Thank you Amazon Publishing and Netgalley.

The Day She Came Back by Amanda Prowse is the most recent book from one of my favorite authors. I loved the mother-daughter aspect of the story and felt the author handled touchy subjects in a compassionate way. This book brings tears, so have your tissues handy, but it will also make you smile and laugh. This story will captivate you as it goes through the stages of love, loss, and learning to trust what you never thought you would have.

I really enjoyed this book. It did start out a little slow to me, but it got much better! I felt I connected to Victoria and saw everything through her eyes. I would recommend this book.

I like Amanda Prowse books as a rule so this one surprised me. I really didn’t enjoy it. It had the potential to be so much better. Instead I felt like I was reading a young adult book with an incredibly unlikeable main character in Victoria. I hate to give a negative review but I feel I have to be honest about my feelings for this book. Were I 15 I may have loved it. However I’m in my 50s and felt I was reading a book aimed at teenagers.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC in return for an honest and unbiased opinion.

Great story line. I loved the main character and my heart went out to her. I look forward to reading more from the author

3.5 stars

After Victoria’s beloved grandmother, Prim, dies, she is adrift and alone with no family remaining. When a stranger turns up at Prim’s funeral and tells Victoria that her name is actually Victory, Victoria is aghast, especially when the woman continues to allege that she is actually Victoria’s long dead mother. This tale takes the reader along Victoria’s journey through anger, grief, sadness, and finally hope.

The centerpiece of this novel is love. Victoria experiences so many types of love in a short amount of time during this story. The characters are real and broken and true. The emotional rollercoaster Victoria experiences is relatable.

This is worth a read.

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this arc.

I absolutely adore Amanda Prowse book. She has such a compelling way of writing and this was no exception, definitely pulls on the heart strings and touches on grief, love and forgiveness in such such a way that you feel part of the story.

Another brilliant book from Amanda Prowse, while it didn’t draw me in as quickly as other books of Amanda’s, this one was a storyline that still pulls on the heartstrings. The characters didn’t pull me into their lives as quickly, but the story was interesting enough to keep me reading till the end.

This is my first read of an Amanda Prowse book, I really enjoyed the characters, especially grandma Prim. Victoria is a recently graduated eighteen year old who lives with her grandmother and is anticipating an upcoming trip with her best friend. Victoria had been raised by her grandmother and her grandfather before his passing since she was three months old. When Prim passes away suddenly, Victoria's life is thrown into turmoil. A woman shows up at the funeral claiming to be her mother, not dead as Victoria had been told. As she searches for the truth she makes some really bad decisions, like most teenagers would.
Prowse does a wonderful job with the angst that Victoria is dealing with and with her eventual opening up to a woman she meets after eighteen years.

This started out a little slow but as I got further into it, I began to enjoy the story. I've read a lot by this author so knew there had to be more coming. A lady, told her parents are dead, is raised by her grandmother. When the grandmother passes, a lady shows up stating she is her Mother. Who does she believe, why would the grandmother lie, is this really her Mother? Read the book and get all the answers. You can't go wrong with this author. Thanks to Net Galley and publisher for allowing me to post this review.

This book gave me all the right feelings, I absolutely love Amanda Prowse books.

If you haven't read one of her books, you need too. This book will give you all that you need in a book.

You can't help but like Victoria, you will sympathise with her and cry when she makes those wrong turns in life. You will want to say "No don't do that " but she will anyway, she needs to trust the family that have lied to her all of her life and try to forgive them as they did what all of us do and did it for the best reasons.
lovely read with lovely characters.
#Amazon #Netgalley

This is my first book by this author but i read alot of great reviews about her book so si thought why not. She is also probably a little different to what i normally read as well.... so here goes,
This is a great book, it covered everything that you require whilst reading and i would class this is a good contemporary fiction. We suffer with love and pain, turmoil, death and love that we can all relate to. Some truths come out within the family when Vicotoria;s grandmother dies and hgas always believed her mother died of a drug overdose years ago but she is in fact very much alive. Vicotria does she things that her grandmother wouldnt be proud off but shes acting out because of this big family lie. Her recations hurt those close to her and that of her mother too, in time she realises she is doing it all out of hurt and tries to redeem herself.
This book touches upon many things in our everyday lives that can happen to anyone. It heartfelt, you feel the hurt but understand why is happened. It was such a good book. It touches on grief, love, forgiveness and is easy to follow, a great family drama at its best.,
Thank you to Amnada prowse and to netgalley

This is another powerful book from Amanda Prowse. Honestly her books are just fantastic and I loved this one alot. It is extremely emotional so be sure to have the tissues on stand by.

I haven’t yet found an Amanda Prowse novel that I haven’t loved. This is no exception although maybe not as memorable as some others. I loved the characters in this book and how they developed through the book, changing and reshaping the main character, Victoria’s world. A great read

I enjoyed this book. It is my first book by this author, I look forward to reading more from her. This is a well developed story that has characters that make the story feel real. It is an engaging, fast paced story that kept me turning pages to the end. I had no problems connecting with the characters as they brought mystery to a new level. This is a story about Victoria. Her grandmother has passed only to find out that her mother lives. She has been told that she was dead all this time. What other secrets have been kept from her? This is a really great story which I highly recomend. It will keep you reading to the end.

I received an ARC of this book via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Let me start by saying there is a lot to like about this book which follows Victoria as her world is shattered by the death of her only surviving relative - Her Grandmother, Prim. It is populated by a varied cast of characters some who made me smile and some who really did not. Unfortunately for me I could not feel any sympathy with or liking for the MC, Victoria.

I felt the narrative was a bit predictable - I really could see where it was going almost from the beginning. At the same time I enjoyed how the author mixed in letters with the prose and i particularly liked the idea of those letters being read out loud by their writers.

There are many who will love this book and feel drawn into the time and place but for me it was all just a bit too twee for it to be among my greatest reads.