by Adele Geras (Author)
Hester Fielding was once the leading ballerina of her day. Her life is the stuff of drama: a bleak Yorkshire childhood transformed by the discovery of her amazing gifts as a dancer; a dangerous love affair that can only lead to heartbreak; and a secret that would topple her from her pinnacle of fame if it ever came out. Now Hester has returned to Yorkshire, to Wychwood where, each year at Christmas, a ballet is performed on Twelfth Night in the little theatre there. Just before the company arrives at Wychwood, Hester receives a phone call that brings back haunting memories. As the dancers prepare for the opening night of Sarabande, and loyalties shift and tempers flare, the past comes crashing into the present in ways that Hester could never have predicted.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 544
Publisher: Orion
Published: 07 Jul 2005
ISBN 10: 0752859579
ISBN 13: 9780752859576
Book Overview: With FACING THE LIGHT Adele Geras immediately established herself as a weaver of rich and spellbinding tales and a terrific new talent in women's fiction. Foreign rights were sold for huge sums in fifteen countries. It sold over 100,000 copies in the UK alone. FACING THE LIGHT received excellent reviews: 'Secrets and revelations are the order of the day in this gripping novel ... you'll be hooked from the start, and when you've finished it, you'll wish you hadn't' Company. 'Hugely enjoyable ... If you like Wesley and Howard, or Binchy and Pilcher even, you will love this book ... this is about as good as popular fiction gets' The Scotsman. 'Geras assuredly draws the reader into this deeply involving grade A saga, which has a grip that's impossible to shake off' Woman & Home. 'A real lose-yourself-in-it book, FACING THE LIGHT has everything: a wonderful matriarch, a family gathering, a tragedy, a mystery - and a great love affair. Beautifully written, wonderfully evocative, it draws you into its haunting past and complex present, weaving the two together with charm and skill ... A not-to-be-missed treat' Penny Vincenzi