Dancing Lessons

Senior, Olive

ISBN 10: 1938604490 / ISBN 13: 9781938604492

Published by Dzanc Books, 2014

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dancing Lessons
• Publisher: Dzanc Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1938604490
• ISBN 13: 9781938604492
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

"As a novel it is compelling, its heroine unforgettable. . . . A simply wonderful read."—The Globe and Mail

"This novel is a jewel that promises the reader a lesson in dancing to the right tune."—Jamaica Observer

Her mother's death and her father's madness leave G unloved and unwanted as a child. Her runaway marriage brings her children but not the fulfillment she yearns for. Years later, a hurricane destroys her Jamaican country house where she lives alone and she ends up—unwillingly—in a ritzy retirement home in the city, placed there by her well-to-do but distant daughter.

About the Author

Olive Senior is the prize-winning author of a dozen books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction. Her short story collection Summer Lightning (Longman, 1986) won the inaugural Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, and her poetry collection Over the Roofs of the World (Insomniac, 2005) was a finalist for the 2005 Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry. Born in Jamaica, she has travelled widely and now spends most of her time in Jamaica and Toronto.