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"Contemporary romantic family drama"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 1, 2004

In Twin Rivers, Rhode Island, former high school Principal Margaret Porter slides in and out of senility. Her youngest daughter Sylvie takes a leave of absence from her job as the local high school librarian to care for her mom. Margaret's oldest daughter Jane, a successful New York Read more...

"Heartwrenching and heartwarming portrait of everyday life."
Reviewed by Anne Barringer
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted February 1, 2004

Jane Porter and Dylan Chadwick have each returned to their childhood homes in the apple orchards of Twin Rivers, Rhode Island. Jane, a successful New York chef, comes home to help her sister, Sylvie, care for their mother feebled with age. Facing the secrets whispering in the leaves of her Read more...

Summary

Acclaimed for her insightful depiction of the magic and mystery in everyday life and relationships, Luanne Rice is one of today's most gifted novelists. Now the author of eight consecutive New York Times bestsellers delivers her most powerful book yet—the story of a man and woman forced to choose between the past that haunts them and the love that won't let them go. Jane Porter left the apple orchards of rural Twin Rivers, Rhode Island, years ago, fleeing memories that could tear two families apart. Now she has been unexpectedly drawn home to her mother and only sister. Dylan Chadwick has come back, too, shedding the steely exterior he wore as a federal agent in order to follow in the footsteps of his apple-farming father and forget the life he once lived. Amid this landscape of loss and renewal, a haunting story of converging lives, small-town secrets—and the magical sway of unexpected miracles—unfolds. Deeply moving and richly told, Dance with Me explores emotional connections at their very core, with keen insights into the lives of mothers and daughters, sisters and lovers that will resonate long after the final page is turned.