[The Dance 01] • Pretending to Dance

Molly Arnette is very good at keeping secrets. She lives in San Diego with a

husband she adores, and they are trying to adopt a baby because they can't

have a child on their own. But the process of adoption brings to light many

questions about Molly's past and her family-the family she left behind in

North Carolina twenty years before. The mother she says is dead but who is

very much alive. The father she adored and whose death sent her running from

the small community of Morrison's Ridge. Her own birth mother whose mysterious

presence in her family raised so many issues that came to a head. The summer

of twenty years ago changed everything for Molly and as the past weaves

together with the present story, Molly discovers that she learned to lie in

the very family that taught her about pretending. If she learns the truth

about her beloved father's death, can she find peace in the present to claim

the life she really wants?

Told with Diane Chamberlain's compelling prose and gift for deft exploration

of the human heart, _Pretending to Dance_ is an exploration of family, lies,

and the complexities of both.