Clock Dance

<p><strong>A bittersweet novel of family and self-discovery from the bestselling, award-winning author of <em>French Braid</em></strong><br /><br />Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: her mother's disappearance when she was just a child, being proposed to at an airport at the age of twenty-one, the accident that would leave her a widow in her forties. Each time, Willa ended up on a path laid out for her by others.<br /><br />So when she receives a phone call from a stranger informing her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot, she drops everything and flies across the country. The spur-of-the moment decision to look after this woman and her nine-year-old daughter leads Willa into uncharted territory and the eventual realisation that it's never too late to choose your own path.</p> <p><strong>**ANNE TYLER HAS SOLD OVER 8 MILLION BOOKS WORLDWIDE**</strong></p> <p>'Anne Tyler takes the ordinary, the small, and makes them sing' Rachel Joyce</p> <p>'She knows all the secrets of the human heart' Monica Ali</p> <p>'A masterly author' Sebastian Faulks</p> <p>'I love Anne Tyler. I've read every single book she's written' Jacqueline Wilson</p>