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Title: The Cranes Dance
Author: Meg Howrey
Narrator: Justine Eyre
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-15-12
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 69 votes
Genres: Fiction, Literary
Publisher's Summary:
I threw my neck out in the middle of Swan Lake tonight.
So begins the tale of Kate Crane, a soloist in a celebrated New York City ballet company. Kate is struggling to keep her place in a very demanding world, a world she cant help satirizing even as she balances injury and self-doubt to maintain her place within it. At every turn she is haunted by her close relationship with her younger sister, Gwen, a fellow company dancer whose career quickly surpassed Kates but who has recently suffered a breakdown and returned home to Michigan.
Alone for the first time in her life, Kate is anxious and full of guilt about the role she played in her sisters collapse. As we follow her on an insider tour of rehearsals, performances, and partners onstage and off, she confronts the tangle of love, jealousy, pride, and obsession that are beginning to fracture her own sanity.
Funny, dark, intimate, and unflinchingly honest,The Cranes Danceis a book that pulls back the curtains to reveal the private lives of dancers and explores the complicated bond between sisters.
Critic Reviews:
Smart, witty, and wise, Meg Howreys impressive debut novel is a beautiful story that in its subtlety speaks to the fundamental questions of identity and love. (James Lapine, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, on Blind Sight)
A warm and surprising debut. (New York Times on Blind Sight)
From The Red Shoes to Black Swan, Hollywood has provided unforgettable portrayals of the ballet worlds grisliness as well as its glamour. At last, The Cranes Dance brings this enchanting world alive in literature but with tremendous wit, flair, and psychological insight.(Caroline Weber, author of Queen of Fashion)
