"Kim Wright's charming novel, The Unexpected Waltz, chronicles one
woman's second chance at happiness and an opportunity to find her
authentic self. The writing is pitch perfect--this is a winner!" (Elin
Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of The
Matchmaker)
From the author of the "sharply written and emotionally accessible"
(Kirkus Reviews) debut Love in Mid Air comes this moving novel about
a middle-aged woman who regains her balance in life. Kelly Wilder
becomes recently widowed from a much older, wealthy man with whom she
spent her married life doing charity work, building a lovely home, and,
as she says, "pretending to be a whole lot more conservative and stupid
and nicer than I really am."
Now, with too much time and money on her hands, Kelly has absolutely no
idea what happens next. So on a whim she signs up for a ballroom dancing
class, and slowly, step by high-heeled step, begins to rebuild her life
with the help of friends old and new: Nik, a young Russian dance teacher
who sees the artistic potential she left behind; Carolina, a woman in
hospice, anxious to experience a whole lifetime in a few months; and
Elyse, Kelly's girlhood best friend who knows all of her past
secrets--including the truth about the man who long ago broke Kelly's
heart.
In the vein of Jennifer Weiner's novels, The Unexpected Waltz is a
deeply felt story about moving on after loss and finding a new walk--or
dance--of life through the power of second chances.
