Nina Laurin studied Creative Writing at Concordia University in Montreal. She arrived there when she was just twelve years old, and she speaks and reads in Russian, French, and English but writes her novels in English.
Laurin's novel include A Woman Alone, The Last Beautiful Girl, What My Sister Knew, and The Last Thing She Saw.
At The Strand Magazine the author tagged eight "ballet reads that helped me pull back the curtain of that mythical world." One title on the list:
The Cranes Dance by Meg HowreyRead about another book on the list.
The Cranes Dance is a razor-sharp, devastating dive into sisterhood, ambition, and the psychological toll of dance and the perfection it demands. Narrator Kate is your sardonic, emotionally wrecked bestie spiraling through pain meds and pirouettes. After all, the only thing more potent than rivalry between ballet stars is the rivalry between sisters, and it keeps you turning pages until the end.
The Page 69 Test: The Cranes Dance.
--Marshal Zeringue