Valby, Karen

Valby’s groundbreaking narrative is a heartening and heartfelt account of women who strove for and achieved art at the highest level.

Valby gives each dancer space for their stories to naturally flow, writing them as fully realized individuals with their own hopes and dreams. A heartwarming addition to performing arts biographies.

Valby's well-crafted book is an example of nonfiction literature that vividly and poignantly portrays the interconnectivity and compassion of small-town life, factors that according to Valby are essential to our humanness. Recommended for teen and adult popular nonfiction and fiction readers, and students of social dynamics.