The Ballerinas
Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students at the Paris Opera Ballet School. "Enthralling...irresistible." --New York Times "A standing ovation to this debut." --E! News Thirteen years ago, Delphine Léger abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburg--taking with her a secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now thirty-six years old, Delphine has returned to her former home and to the legendary Palais Garnier Opera House, to choreograph the ballet that will kickstart the next phase of her career--and, she hopes, finally make things right with her former friends. But Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed while she's been away...and some secrets can't stay buried forever. Moving between the trio's adolescent years and the present day, The Ballerinas explores the complexities of female friendship, the dark drive towards physical perfection in the name of artistic expression, the double-edged sword of ambition and passion, and the sublimated rage that so many women hold inside--all culminating in a twist you won't see coming, with a magnetic cast of characters you won't soon forget.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Rachel Kapelke-DalePublisher: St. Martin's PressPublished: 12/07/2021ISBN: 9781250274236Pages: 304Weight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.10dReview Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2021 pg. 7Publishers Weekly 10/18/2021Booklist 11/01/2021 pg. 23Shelf Awareness 12/28/2021
"A standing ovation to this debut." --E! News Thirteen years ago, Delphine Léger abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburg--taking with her a secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now thirty-six years old, Delphine has returned to her former home and to the legendary Palais Garnier Opera House, to choreograph the ballet that will kickstart the next phase of her career--and, she hopes, finally make things right with her former friends. But Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed while she's been away...and some secrets can't stay buried forever. Moving between the trio's adolescent years and the present day, The Ballerinas explores the complexities of female friendship, the dark drive towards physical perfection in the name of artistic expression, the double-edged sword of ambition and passion, and the sublimated rage that so many women hold inside--all culminating in a twist you won't see coming, with a magnetic cast of characters you won't soon forget.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 12/07/2021
ISBN: 9781250274236
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2021 pg. 7
Publishers Weekly 10/18/2021
Booklist 11/01/2021 pg. 23
Shelf Awareness 12/28/2021
"A standing ovation to this debut." --E! News Thirteen years ago, Delphine Léger abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburg--taking with her a secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now thirty-six years old, Delphine has returned to her former home and to the legendary Palais Garnier Opera House, to choreograph the ballet that will kickstart the next phase of her career--and, she hopes, finally make things right with her former friends. But Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed while she's been away...and some secrets can't stay buried forever. Moving between the trio's adolescent years and the present day, The Ballerinas explores the complexities of female friendship, the dark drive towards physical perfection in the name of artistic expression, the double-edged sword of ambition and passion, and the sublimated rage that so many women hold inside--all culminating in a twist you won't see coming, with a magnetic cast of characters you won't soon forget.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 12/07/2021
ISBN: 9781250274236
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2021 pg. 7
Publishers Weekly 10/18/2021
Booklist 11/01/2021 pg. 23
Shelf Awareness 12/28/2021
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Book Title
The Ballerinas
ISBN
9781250274236
Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students at the Paris Opera Ballet School.
"Enthralling...irresistible." --New York Times"A standing ovation to this debut." --E! News Thirteen years ago, Delphine Léger abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburg--taking with her a secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now thirty-six years old, Delphine has returned to her former home and to the legendary Palais Garnier Opera House, to choreograph the ballet that will kickstart the next phase of her career--and, she hopes, finally make things right with her former friends. But Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed while she's been away...and some secrets can't stay buried forever. Moving between the trio's adolescent years and the present day, The Ballerinas explores the complexities of female friendship, the dark drive towards physical perfection in the name of artistic expression, the double-edged sword of ambition and passion, and the sublimated rage that so many women hold inside--all culminating in a twist you won't see coming, with a magnetic cast of characters you won't soon forget.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 12/07/2021
ISBN: 9781250274236
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2021 pg. 7
Publishers Weekly 10/18/2021
Booklist 11/01/2021 pg. 23
Shelf Awareness 12/28/2021
Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students at the Paris Opera Ballet School.
"Enthralling...irresistible." --New York Times"A standing ovation to this debut." --E! News Thirteen years ago, Delphine Léger abandoned her prestigious soloist spot at the Paris Opera Ballet for a new life in St. Petersburg--taking with her a secret that could upend the lives of her best friends, fellow dancers Lindsay and Margaux. Now thirty-six years old, Delphine has returned to her former home and to the legendary Palais Garnier Opera House, to choreograph the ballet that will kickstart the next phase of her career--and, she hopes, finally make things right with her former friends. But Delphine quickly discovers that things have changed while she's been away...and some secrets can't stay buried forever. Moving between the trio's adolescent years and the present day, The Ballerinas explores the complexities of female friendship, the dark drive towards physical perfection in the name of artistic expression, the double-edged sword of ambition and passion, and the sublimated rage that so many women hold inside--all culminating in a twist you won't see coming, with a magnetic cast of characters you won't soon forget.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 12/07/2021
ISBN: 9781250274236
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 07/01/2021 pg. 7
Publishers Weekly 10/18/2021
Booklist 11/01/2021 pg. 23
Shelf Awareness 12/28/2021
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