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The Forgotten Waltz is a memory of desire: a recollection of the bewildering speed of attraction, the irreparable slip into longing, that reads with breathtaking immediacy. In Terenure, a pleasant suburb of Dublin, in the winter of 2009, it has snowed. A woman recalls the trail of lust and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sean Vallely: Aileen's husband; Evie's father; neighbor to Fiona and Shay
- Frau: Add a description of this character.
- Aileen
- Fiona: Gina Moynihan's sister
- Kopf
- Mann
- Zimmer
- Blick
- Bett
- Ende
- Meine Mutter
- Dann
- Weise
- Wasser
- Gott
- Geld
- Conor
- Stelle
- Aileen Vallely: Evie's mother and Sean's wife
- Fenster
- Boden
- Meer
- Haus
- Gina
- Wein
- Evie: Adolescent, epileptic daughter of Aileen and Sean
- Spiegel
- Tage
- Garten
- Himmel
- Terenure
- Stille
- Conor Shiels: Gina's husband
- Luft
- Erie
- Wolken
- Tisch
- Vater
- Fiachra: Gina's friend and colleage
- Holz
- Mauer
- Bruder
- Haar
- Menge
- Stirn
- Joan: Gina and Fiona's mother
- Megan: Fiona's young daughter
- Lichter
- Weile
- Jack: Fiona and Shay's son
- Gina Moynihan: Narrator; 34-year-old woman in Dublin, married to Conor
- Shay: Fiona's husband
- Miles: Fiona and Gina's deceased father
- Dr Prentice: Epilepsy specialist whom Aileen and Shay have treat Evie
- Sein
- Seán Vallely
- Frank
- Margot Vallely
- Paddy
- Dahlia
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
I met him in my sister's garden in Enniskerry.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
Part I
There Will Be Peace in the Valley
Love is Like a Cigarette
Sunny Afternoon
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Toora Loora Loora
In These Shoes?
Secret Love
Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me
The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)
Dance Me to the End of Love
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Part II
Crying in the Chapel
How Can I be Sure
Stop! In the Name of Love
Money (That’s What I Want)
Save the Last Dance for Me
Paper Roses
Part III
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
The Things We Do for Love
Acknowledgements
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Amazon.com Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
This book is in Kirkus Reviews: Best Fiction of 2011. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Enright (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 28 April 2011
ISBN: 022408903X
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 28 April 2011
ISBN: 022408903X
Page Count: 240
Awards edit
- Andrew Carnegie Medal (June 2012: Excellence in Fiction)
- Orange Prize for Fiction (Finalist, 2012, Shortlist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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