Publisher's Synopsis
Blackpool, 1942. Meet the Ballroom Girls: three girls dancing through the turbulence of WWII. Sylvia is the spoiled only child of an ambitious mother who runs a dancing school in Blackpool. Approaching 21, Sylvia is under pressure to scoop up prizes by fair means or foul. Pearl is the oldest daughter in a large, chaotic family who all work at the Pleasure Beach. She can only dream of joining the ballroom contestants in their glittery finery. Joy is an evacuee who lost her parents to the Blitz. Now she lives and works in a shabby boarding house. Though shy and modest, she falls in love with the newest dance craze - the American Jitterbug. When a rival dance school spots her talent, Joy is given a chance to enter the glamorous world of professional ballroom dancing. Through blackouts and air raids, will the Ballroom Girls find what they're looking for in the joy of the dance?
