Sorry Isn't Good Enough

''The trouble is, we don''t recognise every danger when we see it. And that''s how Mr Man manages to creep into our lives.'' It is 1966, and things are changing in the close-knit Napier Road. Stephanie is 9 years old, and she has plans: 1. Get Jesus to heal her wonky foot 2. Escape her spiteful friend Dawn 3. Persuade her mum to love her But everything changes when Stephanie strikes up a relationship with Mr Man, who always seems pleased to see her. When Dawn goes missing in the woods during the World Cup final, no one appears to know what happened to her - but more than one of them is lying. May 1997, and 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 realises the dark truth of what happened may have finally caught up with her.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Bailey
• Publisher: Orion
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.08.2022
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense
• EAN: 9781398704954
• ISBN: 978-1-398-70495-4
• Pages: 368
• Dimensions (packing): 12.6 x 19.6 x 3 cm
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