The Light of Seven Days Adams River
The Light of Seven Days Adams River Living with her Babby after her parents' death, 10-year-old Dinah Ash is invited to train at Leningrad's legendary Vaganova Ballet School. The Soviet war in…
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The Light of Seven Days Adams River
Living with her Babby after her parents' death, 10-year-old Dinah Ash is invited to train at Leningrad's legendary Vaganova Ballet School. The Soviet war in Afghanistan, the rise of perestroika, and a re-emergence of Nazism leave her vulnerable and exposed. In the world of elite dance, she works hard, falls in love, and weathers the Soviet Union's ubiquitous antisemitism, but despite an impressive talent, she quickly learns that dancers of her "profile" don't make prima ballerinas.Love of Leningrad, ballet, friends, family, and books sustain Dinah until history intervenes.
Is who she is something Dinah can forge on her own? Realizing escape is her only option, she applies for refugee status in America.Dinah's adjustment to life in the US is a test as much of her identity as of her perseverance. Or is identity imposed by upbringing, public opinion, and the myths