Dancing on the Edge

by Nolan, Han (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780141302034
• ISBN10: 0141302038
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Puffin

Summary

Miracle McCloy is the child of a talented dancer, who died in childbirth, and a brilliant, reclusive novelist. Raised by her grandmother Gigi, a psychic, Miracle becomes a dancer herself, and a loner who believes in mystical spirits and auras. Then her father disappears. When no one can give an explanation, or even a version of the truth, Miracle becomes obsessed with contacting him and bringing him back. As she loses herself in her quest, she loses her self? and, in a last, desperate attempt, sends her life up in flames. In the page-turning tradition of best-selling novels I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and The Bell Jar, Dancing on the Edge gives readers a story? and a heroine? they will never forget. "Nolan dives into the mind of an emotionally disturbed girl in an intense, exceptionally well-written novel?The shadows of truth, suffering, self-expression, and repression are examined without psychobabble in this sad, funny, and tender story." ? Kirkus Reviews, pointer review "Nolan does a masterful job of drawing readers into the girl's mind and making them care deeply about her chances for the future." ? School Library Journal, starred review

Author Biography

Han Nolan is the author of Send Me Down a Miracle (1996), which was a National Book Award Finalist, and If I Should Die Before I Wake (1994). She received her bachelor of science degree in dance education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her master's degree in dance from The Ohio State University. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Alabama.