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Title details for The Unexpected Waltz by Kim Wright - Available

The Unexpected Waltz

by Kim Wright
Kirsten Potter
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Kelly Wilder becomes recently widowed from a much older wealthy man with whom she spent her married life, as she says, 'pretending to be a whole lot more conservative and stupid and nicer than I really am.' Now, with too much time and money on her hands, Kelly has absolutely no idea what happens next. So on a whim she signs up for a ballroom dancing class, and begins to rebuild her life with the help of friends old and new: Nik, a young Russian dance teacher who sees the artistic potential she left behind; Carolina, a woman in hospice, anxious to experience a whole lifetime in a few months; and Elyse, Kelly's girlhood best friend who knows all of her past secrets - including the truth about the man who long ago broke Kelly's heart.

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  • Release date

    July 22, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666606461
      • File size: 259014 KB
      • Duration: 08:59:36

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from April 28, 2014
      Wealthy widow Kelly is ready for a change, after 20 years of “pretending to be a whole lot more conservative and stupider and nicer than I really am.” When she mistakenly wanders into the Canterbury Ballroom, the 52-year-old Charlotte, N.C., belle discovers her new passion: dancing. While frequenting the ballroom, she bonds with Russian émigré dance teacher Nik and cancer-stricken, hospice-bound Carolina. Kelly’s newfound interest also allows her to come to terms with a long-ago affair, precipitated by her distant relationship with her late husband. For in dance, and in life, Kelly learns, “you have to lose your balance in order to find it.” Wright (Love in Mid Air) builds this dance drama—and Kelly’s painful reinvention—with a cast of deftly drawn secondary characters: quirky best friend Elyse and her headstrong daughter Tory, pampered diva Pamela, feared studio owner Anatoly. She then expertly guides us through a moving, layered, and lyrical exploration of transformation.

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  • English

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