- Paperback: 560 pages
- Publisher: Pan Books; New Ed edition (4 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330367897
- ISBN-13: 978-0330367899
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,059,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
If the bus hadn't broken down that August afternoon on the road between Dublin and Cork, Elizabeth Sullivan would never have met George Gallaher, a travelling actor of infinite charm and fatal weakness. She would not have been forced to marry, nor found herself trapped in an alien landscape.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Falling for a dancer is an amazing complex novel with deep characters with whom I felt I could identify. Not the usual type of romance story it centers around Elizabeth who is a highly emotional and very believable character. I have never read any books by her before but I now plan to. If you enjoyed to television dramatisation you will love the book but the dramatisation was not true to the book so there will be some surprises.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
On seeing the BBC series of Falling for a Dancer, I sought out the book.Written about a young girl, in 1930's Ireland, she falls pregnant.With a strict Catholic upbringing she is forced to marry a man she barely knows, let alone loves. She is subjected to beatings, rape and loneliness. But alone in remote Co-Cork, she experiences her true sexuality and finds love in the strangest places. This book is excellent and you actually feel as if you are there with Elizabeth. A truly great read.
Format:Paperback
THIS BOOK WILL STAY IN MY BOOKCASE FOREVER
Having seen the television drama many years ago I decided to read this book. Presumably now out of print, I was only able to buy a second hand version. Its a beautiful story and has to rate as one of my favourite reads ever. Realistic, eyeopening and sensitive, its a story of a young Irish girl who gets carried away with her love for a no-good travelling actor. Forced to enter a loveless marriage arranged by a priest and her parents, she endures a hard empty life. Marriage to Neeley has its highs and lows. But she only finds happiness after his death and in a place where she least expects it.
Having seen the television drama many years ago I decided to read this book. Presumably now out of print, I was only able to buy a second hand version. Its a beautiful story and has to rate as one of my favourite reads ever. Realistic, eyeopening and sensitive, its a story of a young Irish girl who gets carried away with her love for a no-good travelling actor. Forced to enter a loveless marriage arranged by a priest and her parents, she endures a hard empty life. Marriage to Neeley has its highs and lows. But she only finds happiness after his death and in a place where she least expects it.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
