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Dance Lessons: A Novel (2011)

by Áine Greaney(Favorite Author)
3.88 of 5 Votes: 4
ISBN
0815609841 (ISBN13: 9780815609841)
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English
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Syracuse University Press
review 1: The development of the character Jo (a person it would be easy to hate & dismiss) was amazing; Greaney lets you get to know Jo through the events that shaped her so I didn't like her but could understand her. It's not an easy story as you experience the characters' restricted lives and hurtful actions but worth getting to the ending when Ellen is able to bravely change the legacy of bitterness. Vivid setting & characters.
review 2: Two and a half stars. This book was fair. I would like to have seen more development in the plot. The story was everywhere. In a nutshell, the main character, Ellen, marries an Irish immagrant who she does not love. He is rather cruel, which stems back to his childhood as his mother was cruel to him. Her meaness stems back to he
... morer parents feeling the need to give away the family farm in order to get her married to a man twice her age. This is a story of sadness and regrets and does not always make sense. It was a rather short book and too many stories were left undeveloped for me. less
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lol
Excellent book----you felt you really knew the characters. Love Ireland and you'll love this!
tashatenorio
horrible! don't read this unless you've had a deeply disturbing childhood...disappointing.
mary
Just started. Heard this author read from it last night. Looks really good.
Torrie
Very vivid book, very gripping view of how dark life and families can be.
faye
I was so bored by this book that I didn't even finish it...
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