The Coordinates of Loss by Amanda Prowse: A Review

To endure the loss of a child must be unbearable, especially to an unpredictable accident. Oscar was seven years old and the son of devoted parents, Rachel and James. On a beautiful morning on their yacht off their Bermuda home, they find their son missing.

The Coordinates of Loss is told through two perspectives: Rachel's devastating grief and CeCe, the nanny/housekeeper. The majority of CeCe's chapters are written in the form of letters to Rachel. James is important but not as essential to the plot. It's Rachel's grief we feel.

"She could hear her husband screaming louder than she had ever heard and in a way that was chilling, desperate. His lack of control and fear only fuelled her own. It was in that moment of realisation that Rachel Croft looked towards the horizon, weakened, weary and with the certain knowledge that her life had changed. It had changed forever."

The journey through Rachel's grief is heartwrenching. The author, Amanda Prowse, takes the reader into Rachel's mind and soul. If you have a friend or relative who has suffered such a tragedy, The Coordinates of Loss may help you understand.

Publication Date: September 25, 2018

Thanks to Amazon Publishing  UK, Lake Union Publishing, and NetGalley for the advance copy. The opinions are purely mine.

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