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  • Raising the Barre

  • Big Dreams, False Starts, and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker
  • Written by: Lauren Kessler
  • Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy
  • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Raising the Barre

Written by: Lauren Kessler
Narrated by: Hollis McCarthy
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Publisher's Summary

When Lauren Kessler was 12, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams of being a ballerina but also her youthful self-assurance. Now, many decades and three children later, Kessler embarks on a journey to join a professional company to perform in The Nutcracker.

Raising the Barre is more than just one woman's story; it is a story about shaking things up, taking risks, and ignoring good sense and forgetting how old you are and how you're "supposed" to act. It's about testing limits and raising the bar(re) on your own life.

©2015 Lauren Kessler (P)2015 Tantor

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