How do you say goodbye to your children for the last time? A mother battles cancer in the new novel from bestselling author Amanda Prowse. How do you say goodbye to your children for the last time? A mother battles cancer in the new novel from bestselling author Amanda Prowse. Poppy has two children with her adored husband Mart, a soldier. This December, for the first time in years, he came home for Christmas. It was perfect: the family were all together, and Poppy and Mart were happy in each other's arms. But it was not to last. Soon after Christmas, Poppy makes a devastating discovery and a visit to the doctor's confirms her worst fear. Her family have so much to look forward to she cannot bear to rip their world apart. Some forces however, are greater than even she can control... and cancer proves to be one of them.