The story is interesting in its own right, with plenty of surprises, but what intrigued me most was the examination of the artistic life. She does, however, raise a son who becomes a tremendously talented dancer. Joan, unlike her roommate Elaine, never succeeds as a soloist and ends up marrying her childhood sweetheart and teaching ballet.
Beginning in 1973, the story follows Joan Joyce, a member of the corps de ballet in a New York dance company, and her relationship with the company’s star, Arslan Rusakov, whom she has helped defect from the Soviet Union. It’s a fascinating glimpse into an unfamiliar world. On one level, Maggie Shipstead’s new novel, Astonish Me, is about professional ballet. Or the day’s vanity, the night’s remorse.
In luck or out the toil has left its mark: When all that story’s finished, what’s the news?
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