review by Babs Simpson on show 23rd feb.
Thanks to a friend, I have found a new author! I was lent Walking Back To Happiness by Lucy Dillon and enjoyed it so much I ordered another from the library. This was even better and will be welcomed by anyone who enjoys reading Maeve Binchy or Erica James.
Th Ballroom Class is about Angelica Andrews, a former ballroom champion, who comes back to her home town to sort out her old family home following her mother's death. Now in her fifties, Angelica revisits the Longhampton Memorial Hall where she danced as a little girl with her father and remembers the excitement of those days, the smells of perfume, the swirling dresses, the french chalk on the sprung floor, and decides to see if anyone would be interested in using her expertise to learn ballroom dancing.
Several couples, some already proficient, some complete novices, turn up in response to her posters and the novel is all their stories, their marriage problems, their search for a partner, learning to dance so the first dance at a forthcoming wedding will look good. It is very well told with penty of humour and pathos and the reader wants to stay with them all, as well as Angelica herself, to find out what happens.
Anyone who enjoys Strictly Come Dancing will love it. I don't follow that programme, but I loved it too. A really enjoyable relaxing read and I can't wait for the next Lucy Dillon to turn up at the library!
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