Kate Crane is a principal dancer with a
New York City Ballet Company. She's tough, out-spoken, and needy.
After a neck injury, she discovers her sister, Gwen's, stash of
Vicodin and starts to develop a habit. She's just broken up with her
boyfriend and her parents, at Kate's request, have taken her sister
home to recover from what are apparently psychotic breaks. Kate
thinks she did the right thing, but can she ever be sure? She has
felt for many years inferior to Gwen as a dancer. Did she want her
out of the way?
The book is devoted to Kate's thoughts:
coming to terms with her past, her relationship with her sister, and
perhaps most of all, her devotion to ballet. In the story, she
questions all of these things and eventually comes to a resolution.
The action centers around a prominent
New York ballet company and gives us a glimpse of what it means to be
a featured dancer. I found the details very well done. It's obvious
that the author knows what she's writing about.
If you're interested in the ballet,
this is a wonderful book. You feel that you're living the life of a
ballerina. However, I found the angst about her relationship with her
sister overdrawn and tedious. Sibling rivalry is a reality, and I can
appreciate Kate's emotional problems, but I thought there was too
much emphasis on her inner demons and not enough action.
I reviewed the book as part of the
Amazon Vine Program.
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