Dancing with Clara |
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Author:
| Balogh, Mary |
Cover Design by:
| Hossain, Asha |
ISBN: | 978-1-944654-04-7 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
Publisher: | Class Ebook Editions Ltd.
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | AUD $7.82 |
Book Description:
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Freddie Sullivan, plagued by gambling debts, sets out to woo a wealthy woman who is plain and past her youth and wheelchair-bound. Clara is not deceived for a moment. but when he offers her marriage, she accepts because she wants his beauty and his vitality in her empty life. Love grows painfully from this inauspicious beginning. Freddie battles to overcome his addictions and show some kindness to the wife he has come to see as a person. And Clara fights to overcome her handicaps and...
More DescriptionFreddie Sullivan, plagued by gambling debts, sets out to woo a wealthy woman who is plain and past her youth and wheelchair-bound. Clara is not deceived for a moment. but when he offers her marriage, she accepts because she wants his beauty and his vitality in her empty life. Love grows painfully from this inauspicious beginning. Freddie battles to overcome his addictions and show some kindness to the wife he has come to see as a person. And Clara fights to overcome her handicaps and low self-esteem, which her husband has exposed to her view. But can he ever do enough to be forgiven for the great wrong he has done her? More important, can he ever forgive himself?