Outside the Limelight: 2 (Ballet Theatre Chronicles)

A Kirkus Indie Books of the Month Selection Rising ballet star Dena Lindgrens dream career is knocked off its axis when a puzzling onstage fall results in a crushing diagnosis: a brain tumor. Looming surgery and its long recovery period prompt the companys artistic director Anders Gunst to shift his attention to an overshadowed company dancer: Denas older sister Rebecca with whom Anders once shared a special relationship.Under the heady glow of Anders attention Rebecca thrives even as her recuperating sister hobbled and unnoticed languishes on the sidelines of a world that demands beauty and perfection. Rebecca ultimately faces a painful choice: play by the artistic directors rules and profit or take shocking action to help her sister.Exposing the glamorous onstage world of professional ballet as well as its shadowed wings and dark underbelly OUTSIDE THE LIMELIGHT examines loyalty beauty artistic passion and asks what might be worth losing in order to help the ones you love. A lovely and engaging tale of sibling rivalry in the high-stakes dance world. - Kirkus Reviews.