Lauren Morrow

Little Movements (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A sparkling debut novel about a woman who must figure out whether being creatively fulfilled is compatible with being happily married, and what it means to be a Black artist in one of the whitest parts of America. Thirty-something Layla Smart was raised by her single mother to dream medium. But all Layla's ever wanted was a career in dance, which requires dreaming big. So when she receives an offer to be the choreographer-in-residence at Briar House in rural Vermont, she temporarily leaves behind Brooklyn, her job, her friends, and her husband to pursue it. Layla has nine months to navigate a complex institution and teach a career-defining dance to a group of Black dancers in a very small, very white town. She has help from a handsome composer, a neurotic costume designer, a witty communications director, and the austere program director who can only compare Layla to Black choreographers. It's an enormous feat, and that's before Layla's marriage buckles under the strain of distance, before Briar House's problematic past comes to light, and before Layla finds out she's pregnant. Little Movements is a poignant and insightful story that explores issues of race, class, art, and ambition. It is a novel about self-discovery, the pressures placed on certain bodies, and never giving up on your dream.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780593736777
• Artikelnr.: 72525907

Autorenporträt

Lauren Morrow studied dance and creative writing at Connecticut College. She earned an MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan (followed by a Zell Fellowship), was a Kimbilio Fellow, an Aspen Words Emerging Writer Fellow, and won two Hopwood Awards and other prizes. Her writing has appeared in Ploughshares and The South Carolina Review. She worked in publicity at BAM and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and is now a senior publicist at Dutton, Plume, and Tiny Reparations Books.