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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
I loved this book. I loved the characters, and the story, and how the book was written. Stories are often told with different characters narrating different chapters, but this was especially interesting because it was Molly as a teen narrating one chapter, and Molly as an adult narrating the next chapter.
This was a good read to keep my mind off of other things. It started slow, but I found myself wanting to know what happened and how the main character went from her past self to her current self.
Actually a 3.75. Dealt with some difficult topics.
A book you don’t have to pretend to love, you’ll be absolutely captivated by PRETENDING TO DANCE. From the first page turn, Diane Chamberlain draws readers into an intimate look at a “dysfunctional” family only to reveal that in reality, all families are dysfunctional. The gritty details and sobering realities of their lives challenge the traditional concept of “family” as Chamberlain colors outside the lines creating a new and affirming definition of what family really means.
An adopted daughter of a man dead of MS, is now, as an adult working through an open adoption plan. Chamberlain always hits the heart strings.
"My mother murdered my father."
Molly and her husband Aidan are trying to adopt a baby because they are unable to have a child on their own. The process brings up questions about their past and family. Problem is, Molly left her family and secrets behind twenty years ago in Morrison's Ridge, North Carolina. Not even her husband knows the truth. He was told Molly's mother was deceased, but she is very much alive. Her and Aidan just wants to share their love with a baby she can't carry. Molly discovers the truth behind her father's death and it affects her present.
Like Molly, there are days you think you're over something that happened in the past. Then the slightest thing will send memories crashing to the forefront of your mind. This made Pretending to Dance a realistic story. Her emotions were well portrayed and so were the reactions of her husband Aidan. Diane Chamberlain has a special talent of connecting with readers like myself in a genre all her own: grown woman fiction.
Pretending to Dance just released October 6, 2015. Do your mind a favor and read this new novel. Diane Chamberlain does not disappoint.
Literary Marie of Precision Reviews
Molly and her husband Aidan are trying to adopt a baby because they are unable to have a child on their own. The process brings up questions about their past and family. Problem is, Molly left her family and secrets behind twenty years ago in Morrison's Ridge, North Carolina. Not even her husband knows the truth. He was told Molly's mother was deceased, but she is very much alive. Her and Aidan just wants to share their love with a baby she can't carry. Molly discovers the truth behind her father's death and it affects her present.
Like Molly, there are days you think you're over something that happened in the past. Then the slightest thing will send memories crashing to the forefront of your mind. This made Pretending to Dance a realistic story. Her emotions were well portrayed and so were the reactions of her husband Aidan. Diane Chamberlain has a special talent of connecting with readers like myself in a genre all her own: grown woman fiction.
Pretending to Dance just released October 6, 2015. Do your mind a favor and read this new novel. Diane Chamberlain does not disappoint.
Literary Marie of Precision Reviews
Very good read. I usually enjoy going back and forth in time and place and this one didn’t disappoint. The way the story came together was perfect.
I struggle with the characters that hold a grudge for years. You also figure out the big reveal pretty early on or at least enough of it. Will say no more in order to not creat spoilers