The Next Step in the Dance, Tim Gautreaux
The Next Step in the Dance, Tim Gautreaux
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The Next Step in the Dance

Author: Tim Gautreaux

Narrator: Vernel Bagneris

Unabridged: 11 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/22/2011


Synopsis

Paul Thibodeaux is a handsome young man married to Colette, the most beautiful woman in the small Louisiana town where they grew up. For Paul, life is complete: a wife he loves, machines to repair, and a lively local dance hall. But Colette wants more, and when she sets off for California in search of something better, Paul follows her there and back, waiting to see if she'll change her mind about him and about their life together. In the meantime, the oil bust of the eighties has destroyed their hometown, and Paul and Colette must salvage not only their marriage but their livelihoods. How they do this, and come to realize the importance of home and marriage, makes for a novel that is at once an adventure, a love story, and a moving portrait of a place and a culture rarely explored in contemporary fiction.

About Tim Gautreaux

Tim Gautreaux is the author of three novels and two earlier short story collections. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories, The Atlantic, Harper's, and GQ. After teaching for thirty years at Southeastern Louisiana University, he now lives with his wife in Chattanooga, Tennessee.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon on October 23, 2010

This is a book I keep coming back to. I've bought several copies of this book to have and to give away. Tim Gautreaux is the most unappreciated writer I know. His words flow along like a river. His character development is an example all writers should follow. His plot lines are current, solid, and......more

Goodreads review by Teresa on August 16, 2023

Me ha gustado mucho. Se lo regalé a mi padre en los Reyes de 2022 porque lo vi recomendado en Twitter. La novela trata la maduración del amor de un matrimonio. Cloette tras un año y medio de matrimonio con Paul empieza a hastiarse de su vida, de su marido, de su trabajo, del lugar en el que vive… y......more

Goodreads review by Gretavonpanzer on August 08, 2020

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Goodreads review by Michelle on June 26, 2018

The story was great and I was anxious to see how things would pan out. The characters and the story immersed the reader into authentic Cajun living in Louisiana and that part I loved. It was difficult at times to stay into the story with the depth of writing centered around machinery, engines, etc--......more

Goodreads review by Maria Hill on August 15, 2018

I have stayed up late to finish this - a charming book that needs a review soon but I need some shut eye first.......more