The turning
by Gloria Whelan · 2006
Popularity 7
In the months leading up to the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, a young dancer with the Kirov Ballet struggles to decide whether to defect while on an upcoming trip to Paris.
FictionHistoryDefectorsConduct of lifeJuvenile fictionBallet dancingKirov Ballet CompanyLeningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. KirovaLarge type booksDance, fictionSoviet union, fictionChildren's fiction