An emotional and at times quirky read which I loved. I would highly recommend this book to everyone

Pretty good book. Would like to read more by Virginia Macgregor.

great read and easy to follow story line. look forward to reading more from this author.

** spoiler alert ** I have to say that I read this book quickly. I really felt compelled to finish it to the end. I had to see how it ended.

Having said that, well....that's all I can really say...I found the writing style not only distracting, but also confusing. I found many parts of the novel repetitive. I found the children to be the only mature characters in the novel. I understood their confusion. I understood their emotions and feelings going back and forth. The adults however...I just couldn't relate to. Their constant going back and forth. Their seeming ability to let 6 years go by and every one of them thinking things could/would go back to how it was before.

How does one expect us to feel sorry for the one that left, when she only came back for the reasons she did...I might not agree with her leaving...or why she left...but I could try to relate and understand it somehow...but let's face it, if she wasn't facing a life changing situation, she would still be off doing whatever it is that she did the previous 6 years...

The father...don't even get me started on him. I understand not being perfect. I understand being confused...but he just took it to another level, didn't he?

The "otherworldliness" stuff...again...I just don't get it...sure, I understand that the author might have felt she was adding to the story and trying to stick in clever bits of symbolism, but seriously? It just added to the confusion and the not connecting to the story...as did all the strange "prominent but not prominent" twitter cast.

Finally, the different POVs....I don't mind stories told in different POVs...but when the character in the chapter refers to themselves in 3rd person...it just does my head in...I've never before read anything like that...it's almost like the characters decided to play both character and a narrator and that they couldn't even keep their roles straight and kept getting confused and that's why they slipped into 3rd person narratives from time to time...

Honestly, I'm not trying to rip this book to shreds. It was an interesting storyline. People do walk out of their lives. Sometimes they decide to come back. Often for the exact reasons described in this novel. However, I just don't think many of them come back and expect to pick up exactly where they left off...they come back hoping to mend fences and make amends....not to step right back into the life they walked away from..as if nothing happened....as if they hadn't been heard from in 6 years...as if time froze and did not move one once they left...and certainly, not one, but several adults expecting that to happen for various different reasons...

When it's all said and done, am I glad I read this book? Yes. Was I in a hurry to finish so I could see what happened? Yes. Did I SOOOOO wish it was written differently? Hell yes...

Review copy provided by Netgalley for an honest review

i really enjoyed the characters in The return of Norah Wells - not just the same old chick Lit. There were characters who were a bit different and a family who had secrets and misunderstandings. A great read.