My Grandmother Danced - Eve Brouwer
In 1913, at her own modest wedding reception, Sylvia, a naïve young bride, innocently commits a social blunder that sets tongues to wagging and-for better or worse-triggers events that follow her until her death 60 years later. Her faux pas? Accepting too many invitations to dance with her father-in-law! My Grandmother Danced is told in brief, lyrical chapters, by Sylvia herself as well as by minor characters, their identities noted at the beginning of each of their pieces. This innovative structure..