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Adult sisters on a quest for truth.
An old lady with a long-held secret.
¿¿Sisters Claudia and Bonnie find their father hallucinating on his deathbed. As he reminisces with an imaginary woman about their dancing past, he alludes to a mysterious bygone event where everything went terribly wrong. After his funeral, the sisters discover Dad wasn't the man he professed to be. In the grief, shock, and confusion, they are intent upon solving the mystery of exactly who and what their father really was.
Resident of The Figs Care Facility, ninety-two-year-old Katerina receives a letter in shaky yet recognisable handwriting. Her long-lost lover reminds her of their solemn pact and the secret it guards. He warns his daughters may come looking. To ease her troubled mind, Katerina confides in her Italian-speaking, dementia suffering friend-confident the secret is safe.
¿But some secrets are never truly safe.
Perfect for readers of Kate Morton (The Secret Keeper), Liane Moriarty (The Last Anniversary), and Sarah Goodman (She's Up to No Good), The Dancer at the End of His Bed takes readers on an emotional journey of complicated family dynamics and the long-buried past. Unexpected twists and the mystery of the father's true identity will resonate deeply with readers. After all, do any of us completely know the people we love?
