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The Dance

This series delves into the complexities of family relationships, hidden secrets, and the emotional burdens of the past. Characters often grapple with painful truths and decisions that ripple into their futures. The narratives explore themes of motherhood, adoption, and the search for identity amidst familial trauma. These are compelling psychological dramas that question what truly constitutes a family.

Pretending to Dance

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    Pretending to Dance

    • 400 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
    4.0(300)Add rating

    Molly Arnette is good at keeping secrets. As she and her husband try to adopt a baby, she worries that the truth she has kept hidden about her North Carolina childhood will rise to the surface and destroy not only her chance at adoption, but her marriage as well. Molly ran away from her family twenty years ago after a shocking event left her devastated and distrustful of those she loved. Now, as she tries to find a way to make peace with her past and embrace a healthy future, she discovers that even she doesn't know the truth of what happened in her family of pretenders.

    Pretending to Dance