Louise Salisbury

A Dancer's Final Bow

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Produktbeschreibung

'A Dancer's Final Bow' is a collection of autobiographical sketches based on her childhood in Colorado, her experience as a single mother, and her life as a dancer. 'Chokecherries' evokes an early life spent in Chuenne Canyon surrounded by Native American love. 'The Cherry Coke' commemorates he first romance in the fifth grade. 'Green' calls on memories of a mean fatal sledding accident when she was 13. 'The Boarders' reflects on her eleven year stint as a host mother for foreign exchange students. 'A Dancer's Final Bow' describes a horrific accident which ended her dancing career. 'The Breakdown' Chronicles the aftermath of her dancer career ending. Part II of the book contains portraits of eighteen women including: 'The Idol,' her childhood babysitter, 'The Chameleon,' a fellow dancer, 'The Bitch,' a childhood frenemy, 'The Coyote,' a Native American river runner, 'The Artist,' a costume artist with whom the author worked, 'The Old-Fashioned Girl,' a girl out of step with her times, 'The Slut,' an infamous girl, 'The Infanta,' the dying daughter of a friend, and 'The Madonna,' a mother with sado - masochistic overtones.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 125g
• ISBN-13: 9781635681062
• ISBN-10: 1635681065
• Artikelnr.: 47729698

Autorenporträt

Louise Salisbury grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She was a professional dancer and choreographer for thirty years maintaining her own company called dance Connection. She has a Master's Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language. She was an ESL teacher in Taiwan, Japan, and Seattle, Washington for fifteen years before retiring in Seattle. She is mother to a son and daughter, and grandmother to six grandchildren. She likes to draw, write, read, and dance.