‘The Day My Husband Left’ by Amy Miller is a story that is as heartbreaking as much as it is heartwarming. A book that highlights grief and the family secrets we keep through the years, how these can impact.
Heidi and John are happily married with two daughters and have been together from school. The day comes when John succumbs to a heart attack while out attempting to get more work for their business. Heidi collects his belongings and discovers he had a picture of a cafe in Poole on his phone, she can’t help but feel he wanted her to know something, so she goes to the cafe and cannot believe her eyes. Her mother tells her to leave well alone but her close friend Max who also works for their company tells her the opposite. Will Heidi have the strength to go ahead and take the biggest step of her life?
A story that is more than a familiar one for more people than you would imagine. A certain generation of females found the pressure to give their children up for adoption. A very emotional issue that makes for a captivating and intense twisty story. I felt invested in this book as I was a young mum myself, so this could easily have been me if I had a different life.
Amy Miller has weaved a story that grips you from the start and has you needing to read until you have to put the book away for some sleep!
Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the copy of the book for my review today.
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