Pretending to Dance

I just happened to pick up Diane Chamberlain's book, Pretending To Dance at the library.  I wasn't sure I would like it but it turned out I did like it.  The main character is Molly.  Molly's father was a psychotherapist who started a new therapy for children called pretend therapy. He would ask a shy kid to pretend to be outgoing.  He would ask an angry kid to pretend to be content.  He would ask an anxious kid to pretend to be relaxed. His patients improved and at a faster rate than those of the other therapists in his office.  He is a good father to Molly in most ways.  An incident happens when Molly is 14 years old and she does not cope well.  In fact it isn't until she is 38 years old that she is able to process what happened and let the past go.  Sometimes the story got overly sentimental but overall this was a very good book.