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The Sleeping Beauties

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May 1945 and at long last, Rosamund Caradon is feeling optimistic. As she returns the last few evacuees to London from her Devonshire manor, she vows to protect her dance-obsessed daughter Jasmine from further peril. But a chance meeting with a Sadler’s Wells ballet dancer changes... Read More
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The Sleeping Beauties

An unputdownable tale of obsession, jealousy and heartache against the backdrop of WW2

An unputdownable tale of obsession, jealousy and heartache against the backdrop of WW2

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May 1945 and at long last, Rosamund Caradon is feeling optimistic. As she returns the last few evacuees to London from her Devonshire manor, she vows to protect her dance-obsessed daughter Jasmine from further peril.

But a chance meeting with a Sadler’s Wells ballet dancer changes everything. When the beautiful, elusive Briar Woods bursts into Rosamund’s train carriage, it’s clear her sights are set on the immediately captivated Jasmine. Rosamund cannot shake the eerie feeling this accidental encounter is not what it seems.

For Briar may be far away from the pointe shoes and greasepaint of the Sleeping Beauty ballet that is so much a part of her, but her performance for Rosamund might just be her most successful yet. This, Briar feels, is a show for a mother and daughter. A dance that could turn deadly...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780861548248

Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 February 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Magpie

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 336

About the Author

After training at the Royal Ballet School for eight years, Lucy decided to change career plans and go to university, where she read English Literature before doing a PGCE teaching qualification, and she is now a teacher. Her poetry and short stories have been published in a number of literary journals and she was shortlisted for the 2020 Impress Prize for New Writers.

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