Book Synopsis:
Amanda Prowse has built a bestselling career on the lives of fictional women. Now she turns the pen on her own life.
I guess the first question to ask is, what kind of woman am I? Well, you know those women who saunter into a room, immaculately coiffed and primped from head to toe?
If you look behind her, you’ll see me.
From her childhood, where there was no blueprint for success, to building a career as a bestselling novelist against all odds, Amanda Prowse explores what it means to be a woman in a world where popularity, slimness, beauty and youth are currency―and how she overcame all of that to forge her own path to happiness.
Sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious and always entirely relatable, Prowse details her early struggles with self-esteem and how she coped with the frustrating expectations others had of how she should live. Most poignantly, she delves into her toxic relationship with food, the hardest addiction she has ever known, and how she journeyed out the other side.
One of the most candid memoirs you’re ever likely to read, Women Like Us provides welcome insight into how it is possible―against the odds―to overcome insecurity, body consciousness and the ubiquitous imposter syndrome to find happiness and success, from a woman who’s done it all, and then some.
My Review:
Women Like Us is a wonderfully written, honest and topical memoir that will stay with me for a long time.
Firstly let me start by saying that I’ve been a huge fan of this author for ages so I was hugely excited to read this book. She’s always been so lovely and supportive on social media and I was very intrigued to find out more about her.
Amanda writes beautifully and honestly about the struggles she’s experienced in her life which were very poignant to read about. Some of the problems were ones I could relate to, like the struggle with her weight which I remember feeling very subconscious about as a teenager. All of them were sensitively described though and will help to shed light on some difficult topics. I think I went through all of the emotions whilst reading sobbing one moment and then laughing the next.
Overall, as you can probably tell, I absolutely loved this book and will be recommending it to everyone. I feel it is an important book for all women to read as it helps you feel that you aren’t alone in your struggles and that you don’t have to follow the crowd. I feel I know Amanda much better now with this fascinating glimpse into her life.
Huge thanks to the lovely Kelly from Love Books Tours for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Amazon Publishing for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
Amanda Prowse is an internationally bestselling author of twenty-eight novels published in dozens of languages. Her chart-topping titles What Have I Done?, Perfect Daughter, My Husband’s Wife, The Coordinates of Loss, The Girl in the Corner and The Things I Know have sold millions of copies around the world.
Other novels by Amanda Prowse include A Mother’s Story, which won the coveted Sainsbury’s eBook of the Year Award. Perfect Daughter was selected as a World Book Night title in 2016 and The Boy Between a World Book Night title in 2022. She has been described by the Daily Mail as ‘the queen of family drama’.
Amanda is the most prolific writer of bestselling contemporary fiction in the UK today. Her titles consistently score the highest online review approval ratings across several genres.
A popular TV and radio personality, Amanda is well known for her insightful observations and infectious humour.
Amanda’s ambition is to create stories that keep people from turning off the bedside lamp at night, that ensure you walk every step with her great characters, and tales that fill your head so you can’t possibly read another book until the memory fades…
You can follow her @mrsamandaprowse on all social media or sign up for her newsletter at http://www.amandaprowse.com. Or follow her on Substack: Tangerine by Amanda Prowse.
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