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Author: Carol Lynn Pearson
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"They come to the dance because it’s not good for man to be alone. And certainly not for woman to be alone.” The dance-music, decorations, partners, new steps, variations of old steps, small talk, stumbling, apologies, excuses, soul searching, encouraging a partner. The dance, a window on life itself, unveiling the dancers as they dip and sway in and out of their facades-their smiling anger, silent disapproval, glib jokes.
Like the suspended celestial ball at the dance, Carol Lynn Pearson's lively new book is dazzling and reflective. In page after page the dancers reveal themselves, emerging slowly, retreating quickly, stepping softly. There's a little of everyone here at the dance-the insecure, the confident, the desperate, the seeking. And each character mirrors the actions of countless onlookers.
There's Brad and Janet, whose performance as a loving couple is motivated solely by Brad's desire to see a jealous fire in Marcie's eyes. There's Howard, the bachelor MC, and recently divorced Alison. Give Howard a mike and a spotlight, and the world is his stage, but an audience of one is too close to reality. So Alison, who brought her own problems, finds another in need. And there's Karen and Neil. Do marriage and life go on for time and all eternity like a broken record, repeating but not changing? They argue and resolve, avoid and con-front, talk and listen -and love and are loved.
The dance-a spotlight on life, a dialogue yet also a soliloquy, as the reader silently observes from the sidelines. And he notes that, even after the band leaves the d goes on.
