The Cranes Dance

Women's Friendship Fiction

Author: Meg Howrey

I threw my neck out in the middle of Swan Lake last night.So begins the tale of Kate Crane, a soloist in a celebrated New York City ballet company who is struggling to keep her place in a very demanding world. At every turn she is haunted by her close relationship with her younger sister, Gwen, a fellow company dancer whose career quickly surpassed Kate’s, but who has rece….Read More

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