a really wonderful and complex book about the ballet world. one who strives for thinness and maturity. the way the author weaves the two story lines together is masterful, and the way she writes about “inappropriate” relationships and r@pe is powerful. the only reason this book did not receive 5 stars is because the beginning was kind of hard to follow and a little dull, so i put it down and came back to it a few months later. when i picked it up again (about 100 pages in) I was tied to the book!!