{"product_id":"the-unexpected-waltz-a-novel","title":"The Unexpected Waltz","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323739336904,"sku":"BKPB10102242","price":7.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/2034\/0168\/files\/The_Unexpected_Waltz.jpg?v=1735618012","url":"https:\/\/theblossomingbookshop.com\/products\/the-unexpected-waltz-a-novel","provider":"The Blossoming Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}