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Dance Move by Wendy Erskine
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bookshelves: fiction, irish-literature, short-stories

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Reading Progress

February 13, 2023 – Shelved
February 13, 2023 – Shelved as: to-read
February 13, 2023 – Shelved as: fiction
February 13, 2023 – Shelved as: irish-literature
February 13, 2023 – Shelved as: short-stories
March 22, 2023 – Started Reading
March 23, 2023 –
15.0% "Mathematics
"The drawer beside Roberta's bed contained remnants of other people's fun" #openingline
a collection of things left, overnight rentals, unclaimed.
in hotels, 2 mths in lost property first.
With the other boss, it's finders keepers.
1 day, a dilemma

Mrs Dallesandro
sees herself
hairdresser
an aggrieved wife cares not of husband's infidelity
suntan clinic the warmth
the shopkeepers son
wonders about a gift"
March 23, 2023 –
31.0% "Golem
Marty laid back
Rhonda jealous, resentful, scornful of sister Eloise
gifts a photo of them younger
covets Edgar, wants to impress
downplays El's assault
sees Ed's shoes, eviserates
Marty connects with the daughter

His Daughter
Curtis pops out just before dinner
disappears
Posters up, posters down, an obsession, an activity
the girlfriend moves on first
a new poster on the ormeau road
missing since june 2019"
March 23, 2023 –
41.0% "Dance Move
a mother takes a pole dancing lesson
tries to enrol her daughter in ballet
helicopter parents her
paints the room, removes the poster, corkboard,
watches the girls dirty dance, blames the friend
teens having fun
her brother, the accident in Cyprus, her parents
the rave, the laid back dad
the trespass
their invitation, her rejection"
March 26, 2023 – Finished Reading

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