Pretending to Dance
Diane chamberlain
Contemporary Women’s Fiction
352 pages
Published in 2006
Molly Arnette and her husband live an almost perfect life in San Diego and are trying to adopt a baby. As they work through the adoption process, Molly is haunted by the lies she has told and the past she left behind, buried deep in the woods of North Carolina.
Molly’s childhood was sheltered but almost idyllic, on the surface. She lived on a ridge owned entirely by family and was surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles and parents. Along with an attentive adoptive mother, as well as a birth mother who lived nearby and spent time with her, there was her father. Although he struggled with MS, she adored and shared her inter-most thoughts and deepest dreams with him.
Her father’s unexpected and troubling death when she is thirteen is not the only troubles stewing under the happy memories of parties and dances from her early childhood. It is the last straw that sends her running far from the extended family and refusing to look back.
Her fears about the upcoming adoption along with a death in North Carolina forces her to confront and come to terms with her past.
Fast paced, interesting book, with believable characters in real life situations. You will enjoy this story.