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Astonish me novel5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() As the years pass, Joan settles into her new life in California, teaching dance and watching her son, Harry, be a ballet prodigy himself. While Arslans career takes off in New York, Joans slowly declines, ending when she bes pregnant and decides to marry her longtime admirer, a PhD student named Jacob. Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a ballerina whose life has been shaped by her relationship with the world-famous dancer Arslan Ruskov, whom she helps defect from the Soviet Union to the U.S. About the Book From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize: a gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the passionate, political world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. ![]()
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