Ballroom, A Novel by Alice Simpson

Ballroom, A Novel by Alice Simpson is a 287-page hardcover published by Harper-Collins, 2014.  The dust jacket is taped to the front and back paste-downs.  Inside, the book is clean and unmarked, the binding is tight, and there is little to no hint of use.  Book Summary The ballroom used to be a place to see and be seen, but the years have taken their toll, and by the end of the 1990s this Manhattan dance hall, just off Union Square, is a husk of its former self.  A small crowd of loyal patrons still makes its way to the worn parquet floor every Sunday evening:  although they each have their private reasons for returning again and again to the Ballroom, they are united by a shared desire to seek solace from reality, if only for a few hours, within its walls--and in the magic of dance. Nearly forty and still single, Sarah Dreyfus is desperate for love and sure she'll find it with debonair Gabriel Katz, who seduces the women he meets at the Ballroom to distract himself from his crumbling