Dances and Dreams on Diamond Street
- ISBN-10
- 1789292492
- ISBN-13
- 9781789292497
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-10-01
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara Books
- Author
- Craig Revel Horwood
Description
The debut novel from Strictly's very own Craig Revel Horwood, this book will make you laugh, make you cry, and everything in between. 'Heartwarming, funny and FAB-U-LOUS!' Woman magazine _________________________ 'A story that sparkles on the page - I absolutely loved it.' Milly Johnson _________________________ Set against the colourful boho backdrop of London's Camden in the 1990s, Dances and Dreams on Diamond Street, tells the story of an unlikely family of friends who each rent a room in a ramshackle six-bedroom, four-storey townhouse. Like any family, the residents of Diamond Street sometimes fight and often act up but when the chips are down, they're there for each other in an instant - usually brandishing a cheap bottle of booze, and the offer of an impromptu kitchen disco. Presided over by the wise-cracking but warm-hearted patriarch of the family, Danny Hall, a professional dancer turned choreographer, the novel follows a year in the life of the inhabitants of Diamond Street, rough diamonds one and all, as they try to achieve their dreams - with unexpected, heart-warming and sometimes hilarious results.
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