A Dancer's Guide to Africa
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“Any readers who have ever grappled to find the courage to strengthen or to soften, to embrace a dream or to let go of one, will find themselves rooting for the two willful, yet wounded, protagonists in Terez Mertes Rose’s edgy debut, Off Balance. I loved this exquisitely written, fast-paced novel from the first page to the last.”
— Sandra Kring, bestselling author of The Book of Bright Ideas
“A realistic and gripping account of the grittier side of ballet.”
— Grier Cooper, former professional ballet dancer and author of Wish and Hope
Forthcoming in late 2020
Ballet Orphans, Book 3 of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles
(a prequel)
About the Author
Terez Mertes Rose (who also publishes as Terez Rose) is a former Peace Corps Volunteer and ballet dancer whose work has appeared in the Crab Orchard Review, Women Who Eat (Seal Press), A Woman’s Europe (Travelers’ Tales), the Philadelphia Inquirer and the San Jose Mercury News. She is the author of Off Balance and Outside the Limelight, Books 1 and 2 of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles (Classical Girl Press, 2015, 2016). She reviews dance performances for Bachtrack.com and blogs about ballet and classical music at The Classical Girl (www.theclassicalgirl.com). She makes her home in the Santa Cruz Mountains with her husband and son, where she is at work on a Ballet Theatre Chronicles prequel (which additionally connects A Dancer’s Guide to Africa to the series).