A great book by Amanda prowse, with her beautiful passionate words. This book tells the story of Nina, who finds out, that things were not as good as she had thought, when her husband dies and leaves her a mountain of debt. Nina has two kids to look after and with no job and no career, she begins her journey of self discovery, getting herself back to life. This story is all about hope, survival and finding the inner strength and confidence to deal with life and its setbacks. Nina does it with great dignity and honesty.
Nina has a sister, Tiggy, with whom she had disconnected during her married life. She reconnects with her in a most wonderful way. The love between sisters is so palpable, their childhood and their shared memories all come alive in Amanda's prose. Money is needed in day to day life but does not guarantee happiness, so beautifully shown in this book.
The Art of Hiding is a story of living after a great tragedy and finding happiness and contentment in the Now, the present and everyday... This is the underlying main message of this book.
Ms Amanda Prowse, you have done it again and there are so many thought provoking lines in this book. I am quoting the most beautiful lines of them...
"This is a scary world, and if ever the real world feels too big or scary, remember that it is nothing more than a little ball travelling through space, and the more courage you have, the braver you are, when facing it, the easier it is to conquer. "
Thank you for giving me these words to remember whenever I am scared or life gets to be too much.
Thank you Amanda for writing this book....

Nina McCarrick’s picture perfect life collages after her husband, Finn is killed in a car accident. With Finn’s death, secrets are revealed and Nina and her two sons are faced with a huge pile of debt and no way to maintain the lifestyle they had been enjoying. With no other choice, she and the boys return to her home in Southampton. Nina will have to learn to stand on her own to feet and take care of herself and her children, something her husband never wanted her to do. Now, with no choice, she must find the inner strength to become the mother, a woman she wants to be. While it’s hard to believe that a woman in this day and age would be so cloistered, I’m sure it does happen. It was good to see Nina finally take the rains of her own life