{"product_id":"dance-move-by-wendy-erskine-9781529085228","title":"Dance Move","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the greats\u003c\/em\u003e - Lucy Caldwell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComic brilliance\u003c\/em\u003e - Sinéad Gleeson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIngenious\u003c\/em\u003e - The Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaring, funny, heartbreaking\u003c\/em\u003e - Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the prize-winning \u003cem\u003eSweet Home\u003c\/em\u003e, Wendy Erskine's Belfast is once again illuminated. Meet Drew Lord Haig, called on to sing an obscure hit from his youth at a paramilitary event. Meet Max as he recalls an eventful journey to a Christian film festival. And Mrs Dallesandro who dreams of being a teenager again as she sits in a tanning salon on her wedding anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn these stories, Erskine's characters' wishes and hopes often fall short of their grasp. Brilliantly drawn, \u003cem\u003eDance Move\u003c\/em\u003e is about the hugeness of life as seen through glimpses of the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA masterpiece\u003c\/em\u003e - David Keenan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWendy Erskine's debut, Sweet Home, was pitch perfect . . . Dance Move is equally brilliant\u003c\/em\u003e - The Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eErskine's stories open slight, but they contain more than it seems possible for short stories to contain\u003c\/em\u003e - Keith Ridgway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe isn't just one of the leading writers of short fiction at work today but one of the leading writers, period.\u003c\/em\u003e - Matt Rowland Hill, author of \u003cem\u003eOriginal Sins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Read on BBC Radio 4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Irish Times Books of the Year 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241066967276,"sku":"9781529085228","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529085228-dance-move-1.jpg?v=1787932225","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/dance-move-by-wendy-erskine-9781529085228","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}