This is a story about some friends who meet at school. The story is told over a dual perspective. The characters were great. It was a compelling storyline.

i was not wowed by the beginning of this book, so i decided to dnf. these days i really need to be grabbed by a book to continue it, and while im sure others would like it, it was not for me

Becky, Nicky, Jo, and Paula meet at school when they are 11 years old. This is their story in two timelines, starting in both the late 60s and late 70s and then onward. I enjoyed this. It was a good story of friendship and the different paths the girls' lives took. Four stars.

A story about friendship over the years during schooling and all the challenges and bumps they overcome. I didn't find this as engaging as I would have hoped and I feel that characters could have been developed more.

Both Ends of the Circle by Nell Finnemore

Four girls meet when they start at a prestigious Birmingham Grammar School in the 1960s and the story follows their lives until they attend the school reunion when they turn 40.

I absolutely loved this book! Great characters - I missed them when I'd finished the book - and a very compelling storyline for all of them. Some serious issues dealt with in the book and the author did an amazing job of evoking the time period. Very highly recommended!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book.

A lovely story of female friendship that starts in school and continues as they go through life.Wonderful story engaging writing and characters perfect for book ups will be recommending to mine.#netgalley #matadorbooks.

A nice book that would be good for a Book Club. I will be recommending it to mine. Well written and well done!

This one just didn't grab me. Decent writing, but it moved very slowly and the characters didn't engage me as much as I would have liked.

A beautifully written tale of female friendship spanning thirty years from the four friends first meeting on their first day at a midlands grammar school . As an ex girls grammar school attendee I found the vivid descriptions of life at school, the rituals the humiliations and rites of passage so tenderly drawn. the flitting between decades is well done and unfolds the story in a compelling way. Tragic and heartbreak is dealt with without becoming mawkish or sentimental. A wonderful ode to female friendships.

This is a non-linear saga that takes place in England. As an American reader, I found it fascinating to read about this time period and the lives of four girls as they went from what we'd call sixth grade until adulthood. The book goes back and forth between girlhood and adulthood in a clever way that keeps you engaged. I think it is quite a feat for the author to have pulled this off so adeptly.

Quite enjoyable and so fun to learn of life across the pond!

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle by Matador and #NetGalley for my honest opinion.

Lovely, moving story with delightful, developed characters who will engage you immediately.