Tell Me Everything [Import] [Hardcover]

Sarah Salway (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (March 5, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747577994
• ISBN-13: 978-0747577997
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars In an English setting, November 29, 2006

By 

Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tell Me Everything: A Novel (Paperback)

Sarah Salway is the author of The ABCs of Love. Tell Me Everything is her second novel.

Molly Drayton is an overweight, lonely and unhappy young woman. She's been adrift for several years, actually since her biology teacher said, "You can tell me anything." Molly believed her teacher and told her a story about her father and what he did to her. It was when she first learned the power telling stories held.

Molly finds herself in an English suburb, sitting at a cafe table crying. Mr. Roberts, a shop owner takes pity on Molly and offers her a job and the room above his shop in exchange for 'telling' him stories about her life. The stories don't have to be real, but are sexual and told while Molly's atop a ladder and Mr. Roberts is groping her meaty calves.

A few other lonely people stray into Molly's life and seem to settle in. Miranda is a hairdresser, who is also battling the 'bulge.' and gives Molly endless compliments. Tim is as near to a boyfriend as Molly has ever had and he's sweet but a bit 'daft.' He believes he's a secret agent. Liz is the local librarian who urges Molly to read The Story of O.

Salway's story is dark, disturbing and depressing, and the characters seem so over-the-top that it's difficult to feel anything for them. Most of the time, it's not apparent what is real and what isn't, and that adds to the novel's dreariness.

Armchair Interviews says: This isn't a book for everyone. Readers will probably really love it--or dislike it.

3.0 out of 5 stars Wanted a little more, May 16, 2010

By 

Kathryn Magendie "Author, editor" (Western North Carolina) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Tell Me Everything: A Novel (Kindle Edition)

The main character, Molly, was interesting, intriquing, engaging, almost surreal at times, and that's what kept me turning the pages of this book--there was also a poignant tender sweetness to Molly that wasn't always apparent, that vulnerability was, though. I read it quickly, in a few days, and if I had one thing I desired from this book was a little bit more of it at the end. . . I put it down with a feeling of incomplete that the italicized "prologue and epilogue" didn't satisfy, for me personally - but, that may be the very feeling the author wanted from her readers. I'll read more of Salway's books; loved her use of language.

3.0 out of 5 stars so-so, March 11, 2007

By 

English major (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tell Me Everything: A Novel (Paperback)

This book is unusual, I'll give it that. It's almost like a fantasy, as it doesn't quite seem believable. I wasn't that impressed, but at the same time I wanted to finish it. It's not much of a plot, but I was curious to see the outcome of the Tim/Molly storyline.