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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 can't 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 Kate's 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 sister's 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 Dance is a book that pulls back the curtains to reveal the private lives of dancers and explores the complicated bond between sisters.
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Summary
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 can't 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 Kate's 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 sister's 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 Dance is a book that pulls back the curtains to reveal the private lives of dancers and explores the complicated bond between sisters.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
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Very well written, not so well read
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I read this book before I listened to it and thought it would be great on audio. Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the reader of this book. The narrator’s voice is super nasally and whiny and she just sounds bored.
However, if you listen to the sample and her voice doesn’t immediately start grating on you, I highly recommend this book. Since there’s a book description further on up the page, I won’t go into plot details. The story gets pretty dark, but the witty, conversational writing is quite engaging. The book is full of flawed characters, and watching them is like watching a train wreck. A dancing, drug-addicted train wreck. Normally I don’t like books about people that start screwing up their lives and just can’t seem to stop, but the writing style made this one very readable. It's a fascinating look inside the world of ballet dancers.
Details
Details
Available Formats : | Digital Download, Digital Rental, CD, MP3 CD |
Category: | Fiction |
Runtime: | 11.68 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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