Title: Stars over Clear Lake
Description: Lorraine Kindred's most cherished memories are of the Surf Ballroom, the place where youth lost themselves to the brassy sounds and magnetic energy of the big band swing, where boys spent their last nights before shipping off to war—and where Lorraine herself was swept away by a star-crossed romance. For the first time in decades, Lorraine has returned to the ballroom and enters a dazzling world she thought long vanished. But as the sparkling past comes to life, so does the fateful encounter all those years ago that forced her to choose between personal conviction and social expectation, between the two men who had captured her heart. It had been a time of great music and love, but also of war and sacrifice, and now, trying to make peace with her memories, Lorraine must find the courage to face buried secrets. In the process, she will rediscover herself, her passion, and her capacity for resilience. Set during the 1940s and the present and inspired by a real-life ballroom, *Stars Over Clear Lake* is a moving story of forbidden love, lost love, everlasting love—and self love.
Subjects: Ballrooms, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Ballroom dancing, Reminiscing, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, women, Historical fiction
Places: Clear Lake (Iowa), Mason City (Iowa), Algona (Iowa)
Time periods: 1944-47, 2007