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Ballerina
ISBN
9781480470569
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
18-02-2014
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Open Road Media
Auteur(s)
Edward Stewart

Ballerina

A Novel

Edward Stewart
Leesfragment
€8,99
  • Before
  • Black
  • Swan,
  • there
  • was
  • Ballerina:
  • Edward
  • Stewart’s
  • acclaimed
  • novel
  • that
  • follows
  • two
  • young
  • women
  • into
  • the
  • cutthroat
  • world
  • of
  • professional
  • danceStephanie
  • Lang
  • and
  • Christine
  • Avery
  • meet
  • in
  • ballet
  • school.
  • Although
  • they
  • share
  • the
  • same
  • dream—to
  • become
  • great
  • dancers—they
  • could
  • not
  • be
  • more
  • different.
  • Ballet
  • is
  • in
  • Stephanie’s
  • blood;
  • her
  • mother,
  • Anna,
  • is
  • a
  • former
  • dancer
  • who
  • lives
  • to
  • see
  • her
  • daughter
  • achieve
  • the
  • fame
  • she
  • herself
  • never
  • attained.
  • Christine
  • has
  • lived
  • a
  • sheltered
  • life,
  • secure
  • in
  • the
  • love
  • of
  • her
  • family.
  • But
  • her
  • privileged
  • upbringing
  • conceals
  • a
  • devastating
  • secret.Two
  • teenage
  • dancers,
  • one
  • chance
  • to
  • make
  • it.
  • From
  • the
  • thrill
  • and
  • terror
  • of
  • auditions
  • through
  • years
  • of
  • meticulous
  • training
  • to
  • landing
  • a
  • coveted
  • spot
  • in
  • a
  • professional
  • company,
  • Stephanie
  • and
  • Christine
  • relentlessly
  • pursue
  • their
  • ambitions.
  • As
  • they
  • give
  • their
  • all
  • to
  • dance,
  • they
  • become
  • inseparable—until
  • they
  • are
  • torn
  • apart
  • by
  • their
  • passion
  • for
  • the
  • same
  • man,
  • a
  • brilliant
  • Russian
  • dancer
  • whose
  • seductive,
  • mercurial
  • temperament
  • will
  • have
  • unforeseen
  • consequences
  • for
  • them all.
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