title: Stop The World: "Poignant, compelling and absolutely unputdownable" Clare Campbell, Daily Mail
author: Sherry Mayes
description: Sherry Mayes worked as a journalist for over twenty years before turning her hand to fiction. She now lives in Berkshire and has also written two self-help books.
zlib_text: PRAISE FOR AMANDA PROWSE
  
  ‘Amanda Prowse is the queen of contemporary family drama.’
  
  >  _Daily Mail_
  
  ‘A tragic story of loss and love.’
  
  > Lorraine Kelly, _Sun_
  
  ‘Captivating, heartbreaking and superbly written.’
  
  >  _Closer_
  
  ‘A deeply emotional, unputdownable read.’
  
  >  _Red_
  
  ‘Uplifting and positive, but you may still need a box of tissues.’
  
  >  _Cosmopolitan_
  
  ‘You’ll fall in love with this.’
  
  >  _Cosmopolitan_
  
  ‘Warning: you will need tissues.’
  
  >  _Sun on Sunday_
  
  ‘Handles her explosive subject with delicate care.’
  
  >  _Daily Mail_
  
  ‘Deeply moving and eye-opening.’
  
  >  _Heat_
  
  ‘A perfect marriage morphs into harrowing territory . . . a real tear-jerker.’
  
  >  _Sunday Mirror_
  
  ‘Powerful and emotional drama that packs a real punch.’
  
  >  _Heat_
  
  ‘Warmly accessible but subtle . . . moving and inspiring.’
  
  >  _Daily Mail_
  
  ‘A powerful and emotional work of fiction with a unique twist – a practical
  lesson in how to spot a fatal, but often treatable disease.’
  
  > Piers Morgan, CNN prese