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Dances : a novel / Nicole Cuffy.

Cuffy, Nicole, (author.).

Summary:

At twenty-two years old, Cece Cordell reaches the pinnacle of her career as a ballet dancer when she's promoted to principal at the New York City Ballet. She's instantly catapulted into celebrity, heralded for her “inspirational” role as the first Black ballerina in the famed company's history. Even as she celebrates the achievement of a lifelong dream, Cece remains haunted by the feeling that she doesn't belong. As she waits for some feeling of rightness that doesn't arrive, she begins to unravel the loose threads of her past--an absent father, a pragmatic mother who dismisses Cece's ambitions, and a missing older brother who stoked her childhood love of ballet but disappeared to deal with his own demons. Soon after her promotion, Cece is faced with a choice that has the potential to derail her career and shatter the life she's cultivated for herself, sending her on a pilgrimage to both find her brother and reclaim the parts of herself lost in the grinding machinery of the traditional ballet world. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593498156
  • ISBN: 0593498151
  • Physical Description: 277 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : One World, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
Subject: New York City Ballet > Fiction.
Ballerinas > Fiction.
Ballet dancers > Fiction.
African American women > Fiction.
Siblings > Fiction.
Brothers > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology) > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Sports fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 13 of 13 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Festus Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Festus Public Library Fic Cuffy (Text) 32017000084148 Adult Fiction Available -
Adair County Public Library A F Cuffy (Text) 34029002690195 Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center F CUF 2023 (Text) 0002206114593 New Adult Books Available -
Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill F CUF 2023 (Text) 0002206114601 New Adult Books Available -
Jefferson County Library-Northwest F CUFFY Nicole (Text) 30051100177994 Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Windsor F CUFFY Nicole (Text) 30065100178000 Fiction Available -
North Kansas City Public Library FICTION CUFFY 2023 (Text) 0001012513479 Fiction Available -
Ray County Library F CUF (Text) 2910026844 Adult Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-Owensville FIC CUF (Text) 3007843391 Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-Warrenton FIC CUF (Text) 3007843405 Fiction Available -

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