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Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps a Soviet ballet star, the great Arslan Rusakov, defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate love affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she is destined to remain in the shadows. After her relationship with Arslan sours, Joan decides to make a new life for herself. She quits ballet, marries a good man, and settles into the rhythm of Californian life with their son, Harry. But as the years pass, Joan comes to understand that ballet isn’t finished with her yet: for there is no mistaking that Harry is a prodigy. Inevitably Joan is soon pulled back into a world she thought she’d left behind and back to Arslan.
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Astonish Me, Maggie Shipstead, Jeffrey Eugenides
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- Astonish Me
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Maggie Shipstead, Jeffrey Eugenides
- Publisher
- Blue Door
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 357
- ISBN10
- 0007525362
- ISBN13
- 9780007525362
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Love, Family, Friendship, Contemporary Romance, USA, Secrets, Marriage, New York, Escape, Desire, Paris, Breakup, separation, Dance, Ballet
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps a Soviet ballet star, the great Arslan Rusakov, defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate love affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she is destined to remain in the shadows. After her relationship with Arslan sours, Joan decides to make a new life for herself. She quits ballet, marries a good man, and settles into the rhythm of Californian life with their son, Harry. But as the years pass, Joan comes to understand that ballet isn’t finished with her yet: for there is no mistaking that Harry is a prodigy. Inevitably Joan is soon pulled back into a world she thought she’d left behind and back to Arslan.