The Forgotten Waltz
Written by Anne Enright
Narrated by Caroline Lennon
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If it hadn't been for the child then none of this might have happened. She saw me kissing her father. She saw her father kissing me.
The fact that a child got mixed up in it all made us feel that it mattered, that there was no going back.
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Reviews for The Forgotten Waltz
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- Noel ParkerRating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent read/listen. Enright captures the tone of her central so beautifully - as is conveyed by this performer - but manages at the same time effortlessly to inform the reader/listener of events.