After the Dance [Hardcover]

Dee Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 14, 2007

Dee Williams' latest saga, both warm and nostalgic, will transport you back to the lost era of Swingtime. It's late 1935 and Sue Carver is living happily with her parents in Rotherhithe, working in the office of a local car dealer. She constantly has to resist the advances of her boss, the wealthy Fred Hunt, and her best friend Jane warns her to be careful. Fred's not the only one to have taken a liking to Sue: Jane's brother Ron also shows his admiration for her. But Sue's main love is dancing. She and Jane are always to be found at the local dance hall and when one memorable night the band brings in a new singer, Cy Noble, Sue can't help falling for him. Cy fails to tell her he is married, taking advantage of her naivety, and they spend a wild night together. But reality hits hard after the dance. Cy moves on and Sue is devastated to find out she is pregnant. Her parents are horrified when they find out, and just when she thinks things couldn't be worse, tragedy strikes. Will Sue ever find the love and happiness she craves?

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About the Author

Dee Williams was born and brought up in Rotherhithe in East London where her father worked as a stevedore in Surrey Docks.She lives in Hampshire, where she isalso an active fundraiser for breast cancer awareness.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Headline Library Hardbacks (June 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0755331648
• ISBN-13: 978-0755331642
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,074,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read, October 23, 2008

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Bronwyn Rykiert (Buderim Qld Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: After the Dance (Hardcover)

This was a great book to listen to.

It's 1935 and Sue Carver is living happily with her parents in Rotherhithe in England. She works for Fred Hunt a local card dealer and has a good friend next door Jane.

Jane and Sue love to go dancing where Sue, along with a lot of other girls has fallen in love with a singer who sometimes plays at the town hall, Cy Taylor. On Christmas Eve Sue goes dancing without Jane and gets to meet Cy and he kisses her and she thinks she is definitely in love. She arranges to meet him at a hotel and after the rendezvous when he moves on she is very upset.

In the meantime Fred is in love with Sue but does not know how to get up the courage to tell her, he is worried about their 14 year age gap. Jane's brother Ron is also in love with her.

Tragedy strikes Sue and she wonders how anyone will ever be able to love her now.

I am glad to say that is has a happy ending.