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Music Box Danseur
by
Marlene K. Slade (Goodreads Author)
Music Box Danseur is a dramatic story about an unmatched professional and private partnership between two male British Ballet dancers. Their success and failures are profiled on and off the stage.
Spanning nearly a decade their respective roles in life confront tremendous family pressures, the pitfalls of fame, and the pivotal importance of friendships lost and those found...more
Spanning nearly a decade their respective roles in life confront tremendous family pressures, the pitfalls of fame, and the pivotal importance of friendships lost and those found...more
ebook, 696 pages
Published
September 1st 2008
by Marlene K. Slade
(first published 2008)
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I finished reading this a few days ago but had to think about what I would write.
The story goes into great detail regarding the ballet steps and meanings behind them. I often had trouble following it, but it was always interesting. I even found myself searching for Nureyev and Barishnikov on YouTube so I could watch some of the dances described in the book.
I felt so bad for Hart, he had such an awful childhood with a mother who could not or would not love him. He had dealt with it by seeking clo...more
The story goes into great detail regarding the ballet steps and meanings behind them. I often had trouble following it, but it was always interesting. I even found myself searching for Nureyev and Barishnikov on YouTube so I could watch some of the dances described in the book.
I felt so bad for Hart, he had such an awful childhood with a mother who could not or would not love him. He had dealt with it by seeking clo...more
Unfortunately I couldn't finish this, I quit at the halfway point. It was a difficult book to read to begin with, because it's full of errors: "there" instead of "they're", "your" instead of "you're" and similar; a character kept changing name every few pages, from Noble to Nobel and back to Noble again and so on untill the page I quit (200); some present tense thrown here and there among the past tense in which the story is told after the introduction. Add to that the use of terms that made me...more
I did not like this book that much. It spent way too much time describing dance steps. I just kind of got lost. Iknow nothing about dance so I did not enjoy the book.
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m/m romance and ballet lovers
My own creation. I am pleased with it and hope readers enjoy it.
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Marlene K. Slade has been writing fiction stories and poetry for over 16 years. All of Ms. Slade's novels are On Sale on Amazon.com Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nookbooks.
Please visit the author's website at: www.marlenekslade.com.
Marlene K. Slade is a Goodreads, LibraryThing, and WeReads author.
Feel free to follow Marlene K. Slade on Facebook.com and Twitter.
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More about Marlene K. Slade...
Please visit the author's website at: www.marlenekslade.com.
Marlene K. Slade is a Goodreads, LibraryThing, and WeReads author.
Feel free to follow Marlene K. Slade on Facebook.com and Twitter.
*** All novels and poems written b...more
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