'It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon.' This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family--their two daughters and two sons, their grandchildren, even their faithful old dog--is on the porch, listening contentedly as Abby tells the tale they have heard so many times before. And yet this gathering is different too: Abby and Red are growing older, and decisions...

薇拉·德雷克可以用一只手数过来她生命中的决定性时刻：1967年，她是一名小学生，正在应对母亲的突然失踪；1977年，她是一名大学生，正在考虑男友的求婚； 1997年，她成为一个年轻的寡妇，尽全力重新开始自己的生活；2017年，她渴望成为祖母，但觉得自己可能永远没这个机会了。 有一天，薇拉接到一个陌生人打来的奇怪电话。随后，在完全不了解原因的情况下，她从美国西海岸飞到东海岸的巴尔的摩，去照顾一位素未谋面的年轻女人和她的9岁女儿，还有一只叫“飞机”的小狗。这份冲动将薇拉引向一种未知的生活——周围的邻居都很古怪，但又像家人一样对待彼此，她在这个意想不到的地方找到了安慰和满足。《时间之舞》是一部关于希望和转变的迷人的小说，它让我们看到了安·泰勒的力量之巅。...

Beck Davitch looks back on her thirty-year marriage to Joe and her role as a mother and manager of the Open Arms, wondering if she is living the life she was meant to live and reconsidering her dedication to the family business.