I Meant to Tell You

“Fran Hawthorne delivers a nuanced exploration of the connections among women – and how they can unravel when lies of omission are revealed. Told through the eyes of three women in different eras, I Meant to Tell You kept me turning the pages late into the night.”
--Jennifer Coburn, USA Today best-selling author of Cradles of the Reich
 
 
“Fran Hawthorne has written a wise, kind, and above all compassionate novel about the secrets we keep and the judgments we make.  Her insights into the human heart and mind are both original and illuminating; this is a big-hearted book that is sure to warm yours.” 
--Yona Zeldis McDonough, Fiction Editor of Lilith magazine 
 
 
“I Meant to Tell You opens with a white lie, a small dishonesty. But it widens to reveal that the people we think we know may all be hiding behind convenient mistruths. In that way it is a compelling portrait of our times, stuffed with richly drawn characters and alive with sharp and glimmering prose. A literary page-turner about how our pasts always catch up with us.” 
--Brian Castleberry, author of Nine Shiny Objects (long-listed for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction)
 
 
“An absorbing, beautifully told story about how tenaciously we hang onto family myths --and how, once one secret is revealed, other truths come into the light.” 
--Janice Steinberg, author of The Tin Horse (winner, San Diego Book Award)