Clock Dance

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: when she was eleven and her mother disappeared, being proposed to at twenty-one, the accident that would make her a widow at forty-one. At each of these moments, Willa ended up on a path laid out for her by others.

So when she receives a phone call telling her that her son’s ex-girlfriend has been shot and needs her help, she drops everything and flies across the country. The spur-of-the-moment decision to look after this woman – and her nine-year-old daughter, and her dog – will lead Willa into uncharted territory. Surrounded by new and surprising neighbours, she is plunged into the rituals that make a community and takes pleasure in the most unexpected things.

A bittersweet novel of hope and regret, fulfillment and renewal, Clock Dance brings us the everyday life of a woman who decides it’s never too late to change direction, and choose your own path.

Willa Drake poate conta pe de o parte momentele definitorii din viata ei: cand avea unsprezece ani si mama ei a disparut, fiind propusa la douazeci si unu de ani, accidentul care o va face vaduva la patruzeci si unu. In fiecare dintre aceste momente, Willa a ajuns pe o cale pregatita pentru ei de catre ceilalti. Asadar, cand primeste un telefon, spunandu-i ca fosta iubita a fiului ei a fost impuscata si are nevoie de ajutorul ei, ea lasa totul si zboara prin tara. .