ARABESQUE
A Balletic Novel in A Prologue, Three Acts and A Coda
A woman living alone in a coastal Sussex town in 1998 plants a copper beech sapling at 3 a.m. on a dark, cold night. Why?
A ballet dancer in 1960s East Germany is oppressed, longs for escaping with his little daughter but not his wife. Why? Will he make it?
In 2022 Karsten von Stein, widower and principal of the Royal Ballet, with two young children, meets Ivone Benjamim, a Portuguese, newly-arrived principal dancer. They discover a magical chemistry when dancing and soon it transfers to their private lives.
Against the background of ballet and its dancers, a woman called Grace tells her story from a rehab centre. Obsessive, delusional she begins believing Ivone robbed her of the man of her dreams—Karsten. And then a skeleton is found in a garden…What connects all these people and their stories?
You’ll be the audience facing the stage of this balletic novel.
PRAISE FOR ARABESQUE
The characters are so well-defined you know where you are, which story you are in. That along with a story of intrigue, mystery, love, and beautiful ballet keeps you reading right to the end. 5 stars in my book for M G da Mota.
Kathy from Our Town Book Reviews
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a fab five star review on Amazon
“It’s like watching a ballet: graceful, emotional, and full of surprises.”
“…if you want a story that’s elegant and a little dramatic, it’s worth reading it.”
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