{"product_id":"being-a-ballerina-9780813066899","title":"Being a Ballerina","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, \u003cem\u003eBeing a Ballerina\u003c\/em\u003e is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer's continual quest to discover who they are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A luminous new memoir. . . . Poignant . . . Both a personal account and a universal take on the life of a professional ballet dancer.”\u003cb\u003e—New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is power and perfection in this captivating memoir - the power of personal experience and the perfection of writing that carefully captures the life of a dancer … In this memoir Larsen is writing full out, and we are the lucky audience of her performance. Balletomanes, dance students, and aspiring dancers will applaud this absorbing account.\"\u003cb\u003e—Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A personal chronicle of a professional dancing life that is as accessible as it is engaging.”\u003cb\u003e—Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Being a Ballerina \u003ci\u003efloats along like a lovely adagio solo; we both feel a dancer’s constant pain and share the magical soar of a perfect lift. Reading it is a reminder that words can dance too.”—\u003cb\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527892443479,"sku":"9780813066899","price":20.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813066899.jpg?v=1731869627","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/being-a-ballerina-9780813066899","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}