{"product_id":"9780007143153","title":"Dancing Backwards","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Vickers, Salley, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/02\/2010,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 272 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Fourth Estate Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780007143153\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eThe brilliant new work from the bestselling author of 'Miss Garnet's Angel' and 'The Other Side of You'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViolet Hetherington has taken the rash step of joining a transatlantic cruise ship to New York to visit Edwin, an old friend. As she makes the six day crossing, she relives the traumatic events that led to her losing Edwin's friendship, and abandoning her career as a poet, for the safety of marriage and domesticity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite her natural reserve, she meets a rich variety of passengers travelling with her, who affect her understanding of her own past. Most significantly, she meets Dino, the dance host, whose motives in befriending Vi are shady, but who teaches her to ballroom dance - and inadvertently helps her to recover from her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving between the late sixties and the present day, 'Dancing Backwards' is written with the lightness of touch and psychological insight which characterise Salley Vickers' acclaimed work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis bittersweet novel is subtle, poignant and wonderfully entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37296333095065,"sku":"9780007143153","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780007143153.jpg?v=1606327162","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780007143153","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}