Sorry Isn't Good Enough
Feb 2022 · Sold by Orion
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'One of the best books I have ever read. More like this please JANE BAILEY' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
1966. Nine-year-old Stephanie has an emotionally absent mum, a limp, and a manipulative friend who walks all over her. But everything changes when Stephanie strikes up a relationship with Mr Man, who always seems pleased to see her. Finally, it seems she has a genuine friend.
When Stephanie's friend goes missing in the woods, no one in the neighbourhood appears to know what has happened to her, but someone is lying...
1977. Stephanie has spent her life trying to bury the events of that terrible summer. When a man starts following her on the train home from London, she suspects the dark truth of what happened may have finally caught up with her.
Praise for Sorry Isn't Good Enough:
'Gripping and surprising, and at turns chilling and heartbreaking' Melanie Golding
'This was a fantastic book. This gripping thriller is a masterclass in tension' NetGalley Reviewer,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Bittersweet and touching' Amanda Reynolds
'You will be hooked and not want it to finish' NetGalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Touching and gripping - a story that will stay with me' Jackie Kabler
'It will stay with me for a very long time' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Richly-textured, compelling, emotionally complex' Tammy Cohen
'This story was AMAZING' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
1966. Nine-year-old Stephanie has an emotionally absent mum, a limp, and a manipulative friend who walks all over her. But everything changes when Stephanie strikes up a relationship with Mr Man, who always seems pleased to see her. Finally, it seems she has a genuine friend.
When Stephanie's friend goes missing in the woods, no one in the neighbourhood appears to know what has happened to her, but someone is lying...
1977. Stephanie has spent her life trying to bury the events of that terrible summer. When a man starts following her on the train home from London, she suspects the dark truth of what happened may have finally caught up with her.
Praise for Sorry Isn't Good Enough:
'Gripping and surprising, and at turns chilling and heartbreaking' Melanie Golding
'This was a fantastic book. This gripping thriller is a masterclass in tension' NetGalley Reviewer,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Bittersweet and touching' Amanda Reynolds
'You will be hooked and not want it to finish' NetGalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Touching and gripping - a story that will stay with me' Jackie Kabler
'It will stay with me for a very long time' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Richly-textured, compelling, emotionally complex' Tammy Cohen
'This story was AMAZING' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
About the author
Jane Bailey was born and brought up in Gloucestershire, where she now lives. She has written seven novels, including Lark Song, What Was Rescued and Tommy Glover's Sketch of Heaven, and has been shortlisted for the Dillons Fiction prize and the RNA award. She has edited four anthologies of work by young people as Writer-in-Residence for Cheltenham Festivals, First Story and Gloucestershire Hospitals Education Service.
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