The Phoenix Ballroom
Publisher,Corvus
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 368
Shelf: Fiction / Adult Fiction / Literary Fiction
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When it's time to face the music, all we can do is dance...
Recently widowed Venetia Hamilton Hargreaves is left with a huge house, a bank balance to match and an uneasy feeling that she's been sleepwalking through the last fifty years. Determined to live fully again, she embraces life with an enthusiasm and purpose she'd forgotten she could muster.
Buying the dilapidated Phoenix Ballroom and with it a drop-in centre and spiritualist church could be seen as reckless, but Venetia's generosity, courage and kindness provide a refuge for a touching cast of damaged and lonely people who find their chosen family. As their stories intertwine, long buried secrets are revealed, missed opportunities seized and lives are renewed as the Phoenix lives up to its name.
The Phoenix Ballroom is a story of hope and second chances across the generations.
About the Author
Ruth Hogan studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College, University of London. The Keeper of Lost Things, her bestselling debut novel, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. The Phoenix Ballroom was inspired by her childhood ballroom dancing lessons and her love of old, abandoned buildings. It is also a love song to her hometown of Bedford and in particular its beautiful Victorian Embankment.
Dimensions: 15.7 x 2.8 x 23.7 cm
