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010 $a 2017001970
020 $a9781250097033 (hbk.) :$cNT$945
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 00$aPS3605.L476$bS73 2017
082 04$a813.6$222
100 1 $aEllsworth, Loretta,$eauthor.
245 10$aStars over Clear Lake /$cLoretta Ellsworth.
250 $aFirst edition.
260 $aNew York :$bThomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,$c2017.
300 $a312 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a" For the first time in decades, Lorraine Kindred has returned to the ballroom where she was swept away by the big bands during the 1940s--and by a star-crossed romance. As she takes in the magnificent energy and brassy sounds of her youth, the past comes to life, along with the fateful decision all those years ago that forced her to choose between personal conviction and social expectation, between the two men who had captured her heart. It had been a time of great music and love, but also of war and sacrifice, and now, trying to make peace with her memories, Lorraine must find the courage to face buried secrets. In the process, she will rediscover herself, her passion, and her capacity for resilience. Set during the 1940s and the present and inspired by a real-life ballroom, Stars Over Clear Lake is a moving story of forbidden love, lost love, everlasting love--and self love. "--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Mesmerizing and romantic, Stars Over Clear Lake transports readers to the Surf Ballroom, where musical acts became legends in the 1940s and which holds the key to one woman's deepest secret. Lorraine Kindred's most cherished memories are of the Surf Ballroom, the place where youth lost themselves to the brassy sounds and magnetic energy of the big band swing, where boys spent their last nights before shipping off to war--and where Lorraine herself was swept away by astar-crossed romance. Returning to the ballroom for the first time in decades, Lorraine enters a dazzling world she thought long vanished. But as the sparkling past comes to life, so does the fateful encounter that forced her to choose between her heart and her duty all those years ago--and Lorraine must face the secret she's buried ever since. Along the way, she'll rediscover herself, her passion, and her capacity for resilience. Set during the 1940s and the present and inspired by a real-life ballroom, Loretta Ellsworth's Stars Over Clear Lake is a moving story of forbidden love, lost love, everlasting love--and self love"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0$aMan-woman relationships$vFiction.
650 0$aBallroom dancing$vFiction.
650 0$aReminiscing$vFiction.
650 0$aBallrooms$vFiction.