Should Have Told You Sooner

“The story deftly leaps back and forth between the early 1990s and the present, crafting a romance … that always manages to hold the contented reader in the palm of its hand. An artful and affecting novel of loss and reconnection.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Ward’s fourth novel sensitively navigates lost love, adoption, and regret and is full of vivid imagery that brings its art-world setting to life.”—Library Journal

“Ward (In the Aftermath, 2021) has written another beautiful book about the fickleness of humanity, the perseverance of love and family, and the ability to overcome our choices and rewrite the future.”—Booklist

“Jane dives deep into what drives an artist and the complex and sometimes unknowable aspects that come with bringing art to life on canvas. There are lessons for life, for making brave choices, for the value of art, and for trusting your heart in her beautiful words. I highly recommend her exquisite novel.”—Sarah C. B. Guthrie, MFA, artist, blogger, and host of the Joy Workshop

“Jane Ward once again proves her story-telling prowess with a compelling narrative about missed opportunities, the cruelty and kindness of chance, and the difficult but rewarding work of making complex life repairs.”—Charlie Watts, author of Arrangements and winner of Carve Magazine’s Raymond Carver Contest

“ … an emotionally layered story of lost chances, found courage, and the complicated path between the two. Jane Ward gives us … a portrait of a woman learning that the stories we tell (and the ones we don’t) can shape not just who we were, but who we still might become. Quietly powerful and beautifully told.”—Kelly Scarborough, author of Butterfly Games

“I read Should Have Told You Sooner in two days. You know that thing where you choose reading over everything else you could or should be doing because you just want to get back to the story? Yup.”—Nancy Bernhard, author of The Double Standard Sporting House

Jane Ward is the author of Hunger (Forge 2001), The Mosaic Artist (2011), and In the Aftermath (She Writes Press 2021). After graduating from Simmons College, she worked in the food and hospitality industry; later, she became a contributing writer to an online food magazine and a blogger and occasional host of cooking videos for an internet recipe resource affiliated with several regional newspapers. Most recently she has contributed book reviews to Story Circle and Mom Egg Review. She loves to travel, and to document her trips through travel photography. Jane lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

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