Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Ballroom: A Novel

Ballroom: A Novel
Ballroom A Novel
Author: Alice Simpson
Told in interconnecting stories, Ballroom is a beautifully crafted debut novel?reminiscent of the works of Elizabeth Strout and Jennifer Haigh?about a group of strangers united by a desire to escape their complicated lives, if only for a few hours each week, in a faded New York City dance hall.Time has eroded the glamour of the Ballroom, but at ...  more »
Info icon
ISBN-13: 9780062323040
ISBN-10: 0062323040
Publication Date: 9/15/2015
Pages: 304
Edition: Reprint
Rating:
  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
 2

2.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
Read All 1 Book Reviews of "Ballroom A Novel"

Please Log in to Rate these Book Reviews

kdurham2813 avatar reviewed Ballroom: A Novel on + 753 more book reviews
Check out the full review at Kritters Ramblings

Told in short chapters from each person's perspective, this book was different. Each character comes to the Ballroom every Sunday evening and participates in the dancing that evening, but their friendships and relationships are just on the surface and they each have things that they are hiding and easy to hide as they don't even know each other's last names.

I enjoyed this book, but didn't love it as much as I thought it would. I grew up as a dancer, so I thought this book would be right up my alley, but the only reason this was a like and not a love was kind of petty - I wish that there were a few more characters that were younger, most of them were of the older variety and I wish there were a few dancers that were younger.


Genres: