Louise Salisbury

A Dancer's Final Bow (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

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 Cheyenne Canyon surrounded by Native American love. "The Cherry Coke" commemorates her first romance in the fifth grade. "Green" calls on memories of a nearly fatal sledding accident when she was thirteen. "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 dance 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 sadomasochistic overtones.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781635681079
• Artikelnr.: 60554490

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.