{"product_id":"three-muses-by-martha-anne-toll-9781646032563","title":"Three Muses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Muses\u003c\/em\u003e captivates the reader from the first page to the last.\" -Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize winning author of \u003cem\u003eTinkers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEnon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Muses\u003c\/em\u003e is a love story that enthrals: a tale of Holocaust survival venturing through memory, trauma, and identity, while raising the curtain on the unforgiving discipline of ballet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn post-WWII New York, John Curtin suffers lasting damage from having been forced to sing for the concentration camp commendant who murdered his family. John trains to be a psychiatrist, struggling to wrest his life from his terror of music and his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKatya Symanova climbs the arduous path to Prima Ballerina of the New York State Ballet, becoming enmeshed in an abusive relationship with her choreographer, who makes Katya a star but controls her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen John receives a ticket to attend a ballet featuring Katya Symanova, a spell is cast. As John and Katya follow circuitous paths to one another, fear and promise rise in equal measure. Song, Discipline, and Memory weave their way through love and loss, heartbreak and triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855330922732,"sku":"9781646032563","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e6bb888e61d1a6ce7e5f33d727b3f641.jpg?v=1759278895","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/three-muses-by-martha-anne-toll-9781646032563","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}