Raising the barre, big dreams, false starts, and my midlife quest to dance the Nutcracker, Lauren Kessler
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Raising the barre, big dreams, false starts, and my midlife quest to dance the Nutcracker, Lauren Kessler
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eng
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autobiography
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non fiction
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Raising the barre
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Lauren Kessler
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big dreams, false starts, and my midlife quest to dance the Nutcracker
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An award-winning author's journey to break out of the expectations of midlife and reclaim the daring of her girlhood by dancing in the world's most popular ballet, The Nutcracker, with a professional company. Like generations of little girls, Lauren Kessler fell in love with ballet the first time she saw The Nutcracker, and from that day, at age five, she dreamed of becoming a ballerina. But when she was twelve, her very famous ballet instructor crushed those dreams -- along with her youthful self-assurance -- and she stepped away from the barre. Fast forward four decades. Lauren -- suddenly, powerfully, itchingly restless at midlife -- embarks on a Transcontinental Nutcracker Binge Tour, where attending a string of performances in Chicago, New York, Boston, and San Francisco reignites her love affair with the ballet -- and fuels her girlhood dream
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adult
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