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Old School Ties
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When I was Tracey Mortimer, the whole year group belonged to me. Kids gossiping on the bus would say, 'Guess what happened in Tracey's year . . .' Once a teacher told my Mum, 'we're all hoping that Tracey's year is a bit of a hiccup. Half the staff-room would retire tomorrow if we thought this was the way children were going to be from now on.'[return][return]Now that she is in her thirties, unhappily married with two children and no friends, life is very different for Tracey Brown. She voluntee...more
I have just finished reading Old School Ties by Kate Harrison, and decided to review it whilst it is still fresh in my mind as I do not feel it is a book which will make its mark on my brain!!
At the beginning of the book we are introduced to the main character, Tracey Mortimer. Tracey is looking back on her life to her school years which she absolutely loved although the same thing can not be said for many of her class mates. Tracey ruled the school people was afraid of her, s...more
At the beginning of the book we are introduced to the main character, Tracey Mortimer. Tracey is looking back on her life to her school years which she absolutely loved although the same thing can not be said for many of her class mates. Tracey ruled the school people was afraid of her, s...more
Tracey Mortimer was a queen; she was a leader in fashion, had the best looking boyfriend and always got what she wanted. But that was back in 1984 when she was seventeen. Now Tracey is 33, she's a boring suburban house mum, with an unfaithful husband and has since learnt that you don't always get everything you want.
Tracey's life has not turned out as she might have imagined when she was seventeen, and now more and more Tracey is thinking about her glory days when she was queen of the ...more
Tracey's life has not turned out as she might have imagined when she was seventeen, and now more and more Tracey is thinking about her glory days when she was queen of the ...more
Okay, but didn't really like any of the characters except Boris, so that's why it loses a star. Both Tracey and Suzanne deserved each other...couldn't understand why Bob remained so obsessed with Tracey after all that time.
A light, entertaining read that makes you ponder the differences between the way we perceive ourselves and the way that others see us.
It's not often that simply reading a book will cause a song to stick in my head for days... in this case it was "True" by Spandau Ballet.
It's not often that simply reading a book will cause a song to stick in my head for days... in this case it was "True" by Spandau Ballet.
I borrowed this from an English library in Cuba and really enjoyed it as a holiday read as light entertainment!
Didn't hold my interest
It was a good story - the main character not very likeable - but ok and I ended up feeling very sorry for her and the helplessness she felt about her life and family. I would personally love to go to a school reunion - but with it being a girls school some of the drama here would not happen! Also I was bullied a little - but managed to get something done about it so it wasn't a big part of my school life as I had very good friends.
Zina Peach
marked it as to-read
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Kate was born in Wigan, and lived in more than a dozen places when she was growing up, including England, Scotland, and the Netherlands. She trained as a print journalist and then worked for the BBC as a reporter and Education Correspondent, before switching to behind the scenes producing on programmes including Newsround and Panorama. Her final 'proper' job involved coming up with TV programme id...more
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