I Was a Dancer

The autobiography of Jacques d'Amboise—who was born Joseph Ahearn in Dedham, MA, grew up on the tough streets of Washington Heights in NYC, and found his métier in the dance, under the tutelage and inspiration of George Balanchine—is, like the man himself, down-to-earth and transporting at the same time.

June 19: On this day in 1816, the Shelleys, Lord Byron, and entourage gathered at the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva to tell the ghost stories that would trigger Frankenstein. This most legendary of storm-tossed evenings inspired…

Very few debut novels exhibit the charm, assurance, emotional depth and bravura fabulation which the lucky reader will discover in Helene Wecker's

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