Dancing Lessons

by Olive Senior

Book Overview

When her house in the Jamaican countryside is damaged by a hurricane, Gertrude Samphire is sent by her estranged daughter Celia to Ellesmere Lodge, an assisted living centre. Gertrude is unimpressed with her new wealthy neighbours, and spends most of her time alone. It is only through writing that she finds her voice, and she begins to record her life in a notebook: memories of her gothic childhood, impetuous marriage, and struggles with raising a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770860479
• ISBN13: 9781770860476
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Cormorant Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.