Advanced Review – Uncorrected Proof Issue: May 15, 2011  When We Danced on Water. Fallenberg, Evan (Author) Jun 2011. 272 p. HarperPerennial, paperback, $14.99. (9780062033321). When two lost souls cross paths, old wounds needing to be purged before they can heal are opened. Eighty-five-year-old Teo Levin, a world-renowned choreographer, enjoys his unorthodox connection with Vivi, a Tel Aviv waitress. As the two grow closer, long-buried secrets from both their pasts begin to resurface. By revealing his harrowing time as a youth in Nazi Germany, Teo reclaims both his sexual identity and his spiritual vitality. Vivi, too, has a past that must be faced before she can move forward, and it is with Teo that she is able to muster the strength to wrestle with her own demons. As their pasts are revealed, an unexpected blessing bears testament to the beauty and the sustainability of their unconventional relationship. - Margaret Flanagan