Clock Dance is a heartwarming novel that tells the story of a woman named Willa Drake, who takes a spontaneous trip to help a stranger and her family. This book's most distinctive feature is its emphasis on the idea that it's never too late to change direction in life. If you're looking for a novel that explores themes of hope, renewal, and community, then Clock Dance is definitely worth reading.

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• Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2019)

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: when she was eleven and her mother disappeared, being proposed to at twenty-one, the accident that would make her a widow at forty-one. At each of these moments, Willa ended up on a path laid out for her by others.So when she receives a phone call telling her that her son’s ex-girlfriend has been shot and needs her help, 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, and her dog – will lead Willa into uncharted territory. Surrounded by new and surprising neighbours, she is plunged into the rituals that make a community and takes pleasure in the most unexpected things.A bittersweet novel of hope and regret, fulfillment and renewal, Clock Dance brings us the everyday life of a woman who decides it’s never too late to change direction, and choose your own path.

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