Contemporary

Dancing Fools and All That Jazz

By B Fleetwood

(1 customer review)

Publication Date: 28 Jul 2025

ISBN: 9781835742440

£9.99

Available to pre-order.

Description

What do a dress designer, a nanny, and a dentist have in common? Their love of dance and Clarissa’s amateur dance group for mature ladies.

Now the Manchester troupe heads to Paris for the finals of the Expression competition. However they're carrying more baggage than just their costumes. Monica’s marriage is on the rocks, Ruby is torn between her lascivious lifestyle and a new love, Ingrida has secretly married her employer. Meanwhile, Fay longs to reconnect with her daughters, and Asha is obsessed with nailing her Bollywood routine for her upcoming wedding.

With Clarissa’s choreography and their shared passion, the ladies are determined to triumph. But betrayal and sabotage threaten their friendships and their chances of winning.

Can they overcome the obstacles and claim the prize?

Reviews

Ruth - 14 Feb, 2025

I really loved this book! I managed to get an author copy. Very engaging; indeed riveting. The characters are so well drawn that it’s easy to picture and hear them in your head and I found myself caring for the very different personalities and the outcomes of their stories. I’m impressed with how much research went into language and places and feel I’ve had a bit of a holiday in my head. There’s plenty of “intrigue” for the reader to get their heads around. It’s funny too, with visual gags and plays on words; it made me laugh out loud at one point. The feel is a bit like Calendar Girls, The Full Monty and Billy Elliot. In fact someone should make this into a film!