Joan Brady grew up in California, the daughter of a blacklisted economics professor and his strong-willed, powerfully jealous wife. Dancing lessons took Joan away from the tensions between these two and she turned out to be extremely gifted. By the Age of 20 she was dancing with the most important company in the Western world, the New York City Ballet, then at the height of its artistic powers. At the crucial moment, Joan lost her confidence and so her chance at stardom. Dance had taught her discipline, technique and ...
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Joan Brady grew up in California, the daughter of a blacklisted economics professor and his strong-willed, powerfully jealous wife. Dancing lessons took Joan away from the tensions between these two and she turned out to be extremely gifted. By the Age of 20 she was dancing with the most important company in the Western world, the New York City Ballet, then at the height of its artistic powers. At the crucial moment, Joan lost her confidence and so her chance at stardom. Dance had taught her discipline, technique and courage and now she needed these qualities to fight her mother, whose vengeance had destroyed her prospects, and to claim for herself the love of Dexter Masters, whom her love had coveted for years. Joan won her man, a degree and a new family life in England. Then, years later, she decided to take up ballet again, retraining to performance level, and another chance.
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Very good in Very good jacket. VGC. The Harvill Press, 1997. First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2). Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, small mark, nick and scratch on the cover) with Dj(some creases, nicks and scratches on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice and clean pages with a small mark, ink marks and nicks on the outer edges, two pencil marks impressions on the edges of the first blank page of the book, a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages. The book is VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.368pp including index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book.
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