A confession is when you talk about something you did wrong. refusing to pay for something that didn't taste good...-was not really a sin, it was just tacky.
-- Toots (chapter 1)

Importance: As chairperson of the Confession Club, Toots is responsible for maintaining parliamentary order and abiding by the rules of the club. After Rosemary's lame confession about sampling the cookies and then re-shelving them at an overpriced supermarket, the officious Toots, who will never miss a chance to interject, reminds Rosemary the nature and purpose of the club as a place for people to unburden themselves of pain and regret, which leads to a vote on the floor to expand the parameters to include shame as well. In addition to being an exemplary introduction to Toots's character in the novel's first chapter, defining traits that will assert themselves time ad again. It is also a good example of author Elizabeth Berg's whimsical...