Clock Dance

Description:

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece her life back together. And in 2017, she yearns to be a grandmother, yet the prospect is dimming. So, when Willa receives a phone call from a stranger, telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot, she drops everything and flies across the country to Baltimore. The impulsive decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter will lead Willa into uncharted territory--surrounded by eccentric neighbors, plunged into the rituals that make a community a family, and forced to find solace in unexpected places.

subjects: Fiction, women,  Widows, fiction,  Fiction, family life,  Baltimore (md.), fiction,  nyt:hardcover-fiction=2018-07-29,  New York Times bestseller,  Widows,  Families,  Life change events,  Fiction,  New York Times reviewed,  Fiction, family life, general,  Large type books,  Self,  Hope

Places: Baltimore (Md.)