About the Author\
Rachel Kapelke-Dale is the author of The Ballerinas, and co-author of Graduates in Wonderland (Penguin 2014), a memoir about the significance and nuances of female friendships. Kapelke-Dale spent years in intensive ballet training before receiving a BA from Brown University, an MA from the Université de Paris VII, and a PhD from University College London. She currently lives in Paris.\
Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students at the Paris Opera Ballet School.\
"Enthralling...irresistible." ââNew York Times
"A standing ovation to this debut." ââE! News\
Thirteen years ago, Delphine abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburgââtaking with her a secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now 36 years old, Delphine has returned to her former home and to the legendary Palais Garnier Opera House, to choreograph the ballet that will kickstart the next phase of her careerââand, she hopes, finally make things right with her former friends. But Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed while she's been away...and some secrets can't stay buried forever.\
Moving between the trio's adolescent years and the present day, Rachel Kapelke-Dale's The Ballerinas explores the complexities of female friendship, the dark drive towards physical perfection in the name of artistic expression, the double-edged sword of ambition and passion, and the sublimated rage that so many women hold insideââall culminating in a twist you won't see coming, with magnetic characters you won't soon forget.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : Griffin
Author : Kapelke-Dale, Rachel
Language : English
Published :2022-11-08
Number Of Pages : 304
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1250810116
ISBN-13 : 9781250810113
Item weight : 0.56 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 5.35 in x 8.2 in
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