Pretending to Dance
Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9781250010735
ASIN: B00V3ABTLU
Publish date: 2015-10-06
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
This will sound like a book jacket blurb, but it's a novel about dysfunctional families, secrets, lies, a 14-year-old's coming of age, and forgiveness. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's the blurb: It's the summer of 1990 and fourteen-year-old Molly Arnette lives with her extended family on on...
I really loved this novel until the ending. I found that the ending irritated me. There are two time periods within this novel, one which Molly is a young teen and one in which Molly is a young adult. I feel that the author did a fabulous job switching between the two time periods. I really enjoyed ...
Quick review for a rather progressive read. I took my time with reading "Pretending to Dance" - wrapped up with its questions and building tension that told of a family that used to be close-knit but ended up falling apart. This is ultimately Molly's coming of age story with grief over events that h...
Pretending to Dance is a moving novel about the damage that secrets can do. Molly is happily married to Aidan, they have a good life together but something is missing. Molly can’t have children so they are going through the process of adopting a baby, it’s something they both want but Aidan is throw...
Pretending to Dance was an amazing story. Taking place during two pivotal times in Molly's life, we uncover her past as she tries to come to terms with it in her future. The summer of Molly 14th year was the one that changed her life forever. Molly experienced so many changes in her life that year t...