![]() The characters and their dialogue are often maudlin, but Craft, a former dance teacher, choreographer, and critic, delivers an enjoyable portrait of the hidden world of dance and the mind of a dancer. ![]() Penny’s eating disorder and body image problems play a large part in her story and reduce her appeal-she angrily brushes off conversation about her own issues while attempting to control the nutritional habits of her devoted mother and friends. Her work as a developmental editor at, specializing in storytelling structure and writing craft, follows a nineteen-year career as a dance critic (Morning Call, Allentown, PA). The story shifts between recollections of her history as a performer and her love affair with the troupe’s founder and her present, in which she struggles to find her identity now that she is no longer a working dancer. Kathryn is the author of two novels from Sourcebooks: THE ART OF FALLING, and the upcoming WHILE THE LEAVES STOOD STILL. Penny has no memory of what caused her traumatic fall-or if it was a suicide attempt-but odds are it has something to do with her no longer being a member of the Philadelphia modern dance troupe where she was a rising star. Kathryn Craft is the award-winning author of two novels from Sourcebooks, The Art of Falling and The Far End of Happy, and the author of chapters in Author. The art of falling by Kathryn Craft, 2014, Sourcebooks, Incorporated edition, in English. ![]() Dancer Penny Sparrow struggles to regain balance after a mysterious accident leaves her injured, in Craft’s mixed debut. ![]()
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