Carolyn McCrae
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The Last Dance
Volume 1 of The Iniquities Trilogy
The Last Dance
explores the interlocking
pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that is the network of relationships in a
damaged family.
By confronting taboo subjects such as
incest and
inter-generational love this is not always a comfortable read, but it is
a compelling,
thought provoking and enjoyable one.
The respectable facade of the Donaldson family in provincial Cheshire through the years following the Second World War is just that - a facade.
Arnold and Alicia marry for the wrong reasons - Arnold because she is perfect for his needs and Alicia to escape her family and because she has a child on the way.
Arnold has another son, not Alicia's; Alicia has a daughter, not Arnold's and those children become very close as they grow up together.
When it matters deeply both Arnold and Alicia lie to their children - but perhaps they do not know the truth themselves.
ISBN 1-905237-73-1 (paperback)
1-905237-93-6 (hardback)
Cover
The Book cover is from a photograph taken of the
author by her husband, Colin,
at Polkerris Harbour in Cornwall sometime in
1999.
The quotation on the hardback sleeve is is from Oscar Wilde:
“Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them;
rarely, if ever, do they forgive them”
No character who is a parent in this volume covers themselves in glory, although they all think they have very good reasons for putting the needs of their children second to their own.