At some point in their lives most people realize they would have to dance on life’s edges to pursue what they want or believe in. A few do it. They dare to dance in The Daredancers.
Molly Hutchins, a schoolteacher, widowed young and held captive by her memories for a dozen years, chances new love with Frank Perelli whose wife has been institutionalized for many years with violent dementia. They dance on the edge. Then the music stops. Walter (Mac) Macdonald, a gutsy compassionate truthteller minister with other daredancers, becomes one himself when he encounters a caring cosmic Force that seems more present than the God he was taught to believe in. He dares to include his discovery in his dance of faith. It’s risky. But so is his friendship with the delightfully irreverent gay agnostic philosophy professor, Wilson Morton. He’s venturing outside the box—along with Kate Klein who brings out the Mac in him.
The Daredancers features real-life people who come passionately alive in interweaving strands of suspense that draw the reader into their “beyond-the-edge” venturing. The novel is very accessible yet has a literary-fiction depth that surprises and demands discussion—which makes it an ideal read for book groups. It appeals especially to readers hungry for provocative fiction with substance.

Douglas Alan Walrath has worked as an insurance investigator, musician, factory worker, pastor, teacher, farmer, and most recently a professor of practical theology. For many years he travelled the US, Canada, and England as a strategic planning and conflict management consultant. He is the author or co-author of a dozen books in the fields of American culture, church leadership, literary criticism, and literary fiction. He lives in Maine where he and Sherry, his wife, garden organically, play traditional jazz, and enjoy challenging conversation.

Title: The Daredancers
Author: Douglas Alan Walrath
Publisher: Adelaide Books
Publisher Website: https://adelaidebooks.org/
Publisher Email: [email protected]
ISBN: 978-1955196208
Price: $19.60
Page Count: 274 pages
Formats: Paperback


Description of the company: ADELAIDE BOOKS LLC is a New York based independent company dedicated to publishing literary fiction and creative nonfiction. It was founded in July 2017 as an imprint of the Adelaide Literary Magazine, with the aim to facilitate publishing of novels, memoirs, and collections of short stories, poems, and essays by contributing authors of our magazine and other qualified writers.