I Meant to Tell You - Paperback

by Fran Hawthorne (Author)

"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

When Miranda Isaac's fiancé, Russ Steinmann, is being vetted for his once-in-a-lifetime dream job in the U.S. attorney's office, the couple worries that Miranda's parents' history as political activists in the Sixties could jeopardize Russ' security clearance. But the real threat emerges when Russ's future boss discovers that Miranda was arrested for felony kidnapping nearly a decade earlier--an arrest she'd never revealed to Russ.

Miranda tries to convince Russ she was only helping her best friend, Ronit--caught up in a nasty custody battle--take her daughter to visit her parents in Israel. As Miranda struggles to prove that she's not a criminal, she either makes matters worse or stumbles into more secrets. With everything she thought she knew upended, Miranda must face the truth about her family, herself, and her future marriage.

I Meant to Tell You is "an absorbing, beautifully told story" of how tenaciously we hang onto family stories and what happens when we finally let go.

FINALIST for the ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS
FINALIST for the SARTON AWARD
FINALIST for the NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS (two categories)

Author Biography

FRAN HAWTHORNE spent three-plus decades writing award-winning nonfiction, including eight books, before returning to her childhood love: writing fiction. I MEANT TO TELL YOU is her second published novel.