A delicious, warm hearted read. Loved the characters, you can easily identify with them. Refreshing to read a divorce well handled. This book had it all friendship, humour, love and sadness and I had Sara’s voice in my head for the narrative which made it even more entertaining. This is the second of her books I have read now and enjoyed them both.

Sara cox is a brilliant witty writer.
This story was a nice easy read and really enjoy it, wouldn't have been a book I would have picked up from a shop but this has changed my mind.

You'd can hear Sara's voice throughout this book, I can imagine the studio book would be fabulous! Based loosely on Sara's experience of growing up on a farm this is a very sweet story with brilliantly written characters and all the warmth you would expect from this author. A lovely cosy read for autumn.

My first book from the lovely Sara Cox, enjoyed listening to her for many years on the radio. This is a lovely second chances book and was a great feel good read.

I quite like the way Sara Cox writes. She writes easily and so it’s easy to read. Good story. Well worth a read.

Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for a review.

An enjoyable read.

My first book by this author and I enjoyed it, a good group of characters, enjoyed the writing style. A good feel good if a bit sad at times. On the whole really good

I didn’t love it, it was an ok read and it if hadn’t been written by Sara Cox I probably wouldn’t have even started it. It felt a bit like it was based on her with the farming background and not much really happened for most of the book.

A heartwarming tale of friends, love and second chances. Loved Josie and following her story from her health retreat visit through her challenges. Cosy drama at its best.

I read Way Back on a flight home from my holiday abroad and it was so good I had finished it by the time I landed.
I'm a big fan of Sara Cox in general and I loved her debut so had high hopes for book number 2 and it didn't disappoint.
It's overall a feel good read with some moments that also played with your emotions.
I feel Sara's personality shone through in the creation of her characters, they all added their own original pernache to the story.
Sara's writing is fabulous and there are some brilliantly funny moments that had me laughing out loud.
Definitely would recommend.

Feel good although quite sad, I did enjoy this.

I’m not usually a fan of ‘celebrities’ moving over to write books but when they’re good then who am I to argue!

I did picture the main character as Sara which is pretty hard not to do but not sure if it’s intentional. An easy read I would recommend, nice holiday book.

A good read
A good story
Few twists and turns
A good group of characters
Looking forward to her next. Book
Thanks NetGalley

When you read a book written by Sara Cox, you can visualise her reading the story to you, as the characters have so much personality and they feel northern (so am I). So you feel you 'know' them as you are reading the story. Also being of a certain age I resonated with how they were feeling.
Its a big step to leave your normal life behind and return to your childhood roots but that is what Josie has chosen to do, but this invloves opening memories that involve your mum and her emotions, and this can lead to many complications.
We learn about the joys and ups and downs of farming, which gives the book warmth and a heart.

Thoroughly enjoyed this with some laugh out loud moments.

For the record I am a fan of Sara Cox, her honesty and humour on the radio is a joy to listen to. This has shone through on not just her autobiography but her first novel too. This we second I was wary of. No need to be, she has peaked!

Josie has everything in London, the lovely house, the lovely husband, a gorgeous daughter at university and the only irritation is her trying mother. But times change, people move on and suddenly Josie has to reassess what she does have.

This takes her back to her childhood home, a Lancashire Farm, where the memories are rose tinted. With the farm empty and nothing to lose, Josie moves back there. Perhaps this will be what she needs in the next stage of her life, her daughter doesn’t need her anymore, neither does her husband and her mother is still particularly difficult and becomes even more so when she finds out Josie plans. What exactly is she hiding?

Josie throws herself into it all, despite this and finds a community of people and a grumpy next door neighbour, a few little piglets and a whole new life.

Emotional and funny in equal measure, I was cheering for Josie as she started to become the person that had clearly been in hiding for a number of years! Great fun and for me the potential of a return visit.

This is my second book by this author and I can honestly say another book I have throughly enjoyed.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Way Back is a heartfelt and evocative exploration of friendship, family, and the nostalgia that binds us to our roots. Known for her warm and friendly presence on Radio 2 and also television, Sara brings a similar warmth and wit to her storytelling in her second novel, creating a story that feels both deeply personal and universally relatable.

Josie’s life is going well – she has a nice husband; a wonderful best friend and her daughter Chloe has left home for uni. With an empty nest, Josie knows that although everything appears to be great, her husband James isn’t in love with her anymore. She knows that things must change, and so after calling time on her marriage, she returns to the place where she felt truly alive – the old family farm.

Like Sara’s radio show, her writing is engaging, and you honestly believe that your friend is telling you the story. She has a keen eye for detail and a knack for capturing the quirks of small-town life probably from her own experiences of being brought up on a far.

Way Back showcases Sara’s talent for storytelling and her deep understanding of human relationships. It's a touching and memorable read that will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.

A novel about finding what we really want and see that it can be different from what we have.
Heartwarming and poignant, well plotted and compelling.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I really enjoyed this story and you can tell Sara knows what she's talking about, coming from a farming background herself. There are a few twists and turns along the way, a good cast of characters who are a likeable bunch and an interesting book which keeps you turning the pages. There is a good use of similies and nice descriptions too. A satisfying ending and just the right length. Would recommend!

I was sent a copy of Way Back by Sara Cox to read and review by NetGalley. This is definitely a ‘Feel good read’ as advertised and I enjoyed it very much. It was actually a bit predictable at times, quite often in fact, but this really didn’t stop my enjoyment of it as it was so easy to read and so friendly and romantic! I think we all would like to step into an idealised life just as protagonist Josie did, even bearing in mind all the grief and hard times she had to go through when growing up, and I think this is one of the reasons that I liked this bit of escapism so much! A great holiday read!

I enjoyed Thrown, Sara’s previous book, but I loved this latest novel.

The story is not full of twists and turns, it’s not complicated and demanding but it’s full of heart and humour. I feel that Sara’s personality is very present in her writing, and that’s a good thing, as she comes over as a woman that, in spite of being a ‘celebrity’, keeps her feet very firmly on the (Northern) ground.

Josie is a likeable character, funny and quick witted. She shows strength and resilience in some difficult situations and as the reader you are very much willing her to succeed. I can imagine her clearly in her ‘manky bobble hat’as she goes about her chores on the farm.

 She has some fabulous one liners which made me laugh, followed very rapidly by wondering why I hadn’t come up with such a witty apposite description. Maybe part of her attraction is that she is just so relatable to many of us.

Sara obviously loves books and I hope she continues to entertain us with her tv book show, radio programme and her writing.