In the summer of 1518, a woman started dancing in the streets of Strasbourg…by the time she stopped it was too late, the “plague” had spread & at one time, over 400 people were dancing. This is the event that inspired Hargrave‘s book which tells the story of a young wife navigating family & marriage, a sister who returns home in disgrace, a town under the mercurial control of an abusive man, & what happens when the dancing starts. a good read.