Ruth, Kath and Tommy are at school together but. although they are happy there, their guardians talk about things they don't understand. Their future doesn't seem to be like other people's and they don't know why. Perhaps that's just as well? 
 It is quite hard to review this book without giving away the central themes, so I can't say much more in my summary paragraph. I was lent it by a friend and apparently it's a film, but I'm not sure I'd want to watch that as I'm not sure the emotions would be conveyed as well as they are on the pages of the book. 
 I do always enjoy Kazuo Ishiguro's novels. They are so well written and seem to get inside the psyche of the English so very clearly. The English "public school system" is very well observed here (although clearly Hailsham is no public school) and the way that difficult issues are suppressed is so very thoughtfully demonstrated without actually being explicit. The ideas behind this novel and very thought provoking without trying to tell you what to think, and the whole thing hangs together really well. 
 This is definitely an interesting read and one to be recommended. It doesn't take long to get through the novel, but it will certainly stay with me for some time.