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Starting from here : a novel / Paula Saunders.
Van Pelt Library PS3619.A8249 S73 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saunders, Paula, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dancers--Fiction.
- Dancers.
- Girls--United States--Fiction.
- Girls.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Rapid City (S.D.)--Fiction.
- Rapid City (S.D.).
- Autonomy (Psychology)--Fiction.
- Autonomy (Psychology).
- Working class families--Fiction.
- Working class families.
- Ambition--Fiction.
- Ambition.
- Phoenix (Ariz.)--Fiction.
- Phoenix (Ariz.).
- Denver (Colo.)--Fiction.
- Denver (Colo.).
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Random House, [2025]
- Summary:
- "She could look in the mirror and see it all happening, everything she'd dreamed of, the potential everyone had seen in her blossoming right in front of her eyes, as if her spirit and flesh were merging, being born as one into light. More than anything, René wants to be a dancer. Eve, her mother, supports René despite the overwhelming financial burden and increasing tension her training places on the family. But one thing is clear: René's dreams are never going to come true in Rapid City, South Dakota, circa 1973. Setting in motion a journey that will transform her from the inside out, René is sent to train alongside stick-thin, sculpted girls in Phoenix, then on to Denver and beyond, encountering along the way a dazzling sequence of eccentric, sometimes dangerous, characters: creepy dads, mean girls, predatory radio announcers, kindly ex-opera singers, sham teachers, and avaricious cult leaders. Through it all, René pushes herself, doing everything she can to excel at her art while at the same time finding her way through the trials of adolescence. But leaving home is not the same as escaping it. And try as she might, René can't quite shake the aching she has for someone to love and accept her just the way she is, dancer or not, successful or not, perfect or imperfect"-- Provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Saunders, Paula, 1957- Starting from here.
- ISBN:
- 9780593978290
- 0593978293
- OCLC:
- 1481472722
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