The Dance by
Dan Walsh and Gary Smalley
Marilyn Anderson has had enough. She packs a few belongings, leaves a note
where her husband Jim will find it and
leaves him after 25 years. He has hurt
her deeply, beginning at their wedding reception when he refused to dance with
her. And the hurts have continued for
years as he has ignored her and treated her more like property than a person. She doesn’t know what the future holds for
her and Jim—or whether they will have a future together. But she knows that she can’t continue to live
with her harsh and selfish husband. Jim
is shocked and clueless as to why she would leave him. Slowly he comes to understand what she has
felt for years. As he begins to change, including
learning to dance, he can only hope and pray that Marilyn may change her mind
and return to him.
Walsh and Smalley write a true-to-life tale of the problems
many married couples face. They use
dancing as a metaphor for a couple’s relationship. Along the way, they sprinkle to storyline
with wise bits of advice and sage pieces of healthy relationship
principles. Although I had a general
feel for where the story was going, the twists and turns kept me reading it. This story should give hope to those in a
stale or difficult marriage relationship, as was the authors’ purpose in
writing it. Some readers may find it
easier to read and more enjoyable than a “marriage manual.” Either way, it is a
book worth reading. I received a free
copy from the publisher and this is my honest review.
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