Dancing Backwards
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The brilliant new work from the bestselling author of âMiss Garnetâs Angelâ and âThe Other Side of Youâ.
Violet 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.
Despite 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 â and inadvertently helps her to recover from her past.
Moving 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. This bittersweet novel is subtle, poignant and wonderfully entertaining.
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Salley Vickers is the author of the bestselling Miss Garnetâs Angel, Instances of the Number 3, Mr Golightlyâs Holiday and The Other Side of You. She has worked as a dancer, an artistâs model, a university teacher of literature and a psychoanalyst.
