Tell Mrs. Poole I'm Sorry

by Kathleen Rowntree, Diana Bishop (Narrator)

The childhood secrets of Liz, Chrissy, and Nell continue to influence their adult lives, and Liz's friends are the only ones who know about the incident that haunts her--but a more explosive truth is soon revealed

Genres: Fiction

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First published January 28, 1994

About the author

Kathleen Rowntree was born in Northumberland, brought up in Lincolnshire, studied music and English at Hull University and is now living with her husband in Oxfordshire. She taught for some years before she began to write. When asked what her novels are about she usually replies with one word: 'relationships'. Her explorations of human foibles and tangles lead reviewers to use words like sharp, shrewd, witty, satirical, clever and hard-biting - as well as sympathetic, funny, warm, suspenseful and (fortunately) entertaining. She has many other interests besides reading and writing fiction, especially art, poetry and hill-walking. Among the UK writers she herself gets most from are Elizabeth Taylor, Julian Barnes and William Trevor while Anne Tyler and Alison Lurie are two of her US favourites.

Reviews

[Pamela Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book… so many horrible little truths about women and friendships especially from our teen years.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three 11-year-old girls from very different backgrounds become close friends. As they grow up and become adults, they continue to be close. The 'present-day' part of the story involves a crisis for one of them, and a planned get-together with the other two, which happens later in the book.

The past is revealed in cleverly written flashbacks, which form the bulk of the story, and we gradually discover why the current crisis is causing such immense stress, and where the title of the book comes from. The central event, when it happens, is sensitively written and somehow manages to avoid being sordid.

Recommended if you like women's fiction with well-rounded characters and a hard-hitting storyline.

Four and a half stars, really.

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