An eastern college for women of high ability is the setting for [Tell Me If the Lovers Are Losers], an unusual teenage novel about three disparate freshmen who come together as room-mates in 1961…. Volleyball becomes their common ground as Hildy, who has an almost mystical impact on her teammates, coaches and leads the freshmen toward the championship. Vivid imagery vies with effectively subtle understatement in a thoughtful multiple-character study written in the third person but filled with introspection, primarily from Ann's perspective. Characterizations—not only major but supporting ones—are consistently and distinctively individualized while interactions and mutual influences are developed naturally, making this both provocative and rewarding….

A review of "Tell Me If the Lovers Are Losers," in Booklist, Vol. 78, No. 14, March 15, 1982, p. 950.