Dancing Backwards: A Novel

from JillMcCaghern

Violet Hetherington is travelling the Atlantic via cruise ship to seek closeure to a relationship that went wrong 20 years ago. She reads her old notebooks to remind herself of the circumstances. Edwin was a research student at Cambridge with her and Bruno was the third party in the relationship....

from ungoliant

I found this pretty enjoyable. The cruise storyline was nice, but I really found the sections of Vi's past with Edwin and Bruno to be very fascinating. The ending was alright but I found myself wanting more. Which I suppose just demonstrates Vickers' amazing writing.

from kiwifortyniner

The story of Violet Hetherington who joins a cruise ship to America to meet again with Edwin and try to repair a friendship she felt was lost , and led to her seeking safety in a life of marriage and domesticity and giving up on a possible career as a poet. Along side the current story of the rea...

from NeilDalley

Another highly enjoyable book by Salley Vickers. Her writing has such a light, almost cosy, touch yet amidst the ordinary things of life and love she deals with hugely complex issues. She writes as someone who is philosophically and theologically aware and there is always a feeling of great hope ...

from CarltonC

A beautifully written, gentle novel telling the story of Violet, as she travels from London to New York by cruise ship. This is interleaved with a series of retellings of memory, that let us see how her character has developed and how she has been affected by her significant others.