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A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH • A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK • A gripping novel set in the world of professional ballet, New York City during the AIDS crisis, and present-day Los Angeles. • "Beautiful...Howrey, a former dancer with the Joffrey Ballet,  proves herself a talented choreographer in her own right...[A] finger-trap puzzle of a plot."—New York Times Book Review“They’re Going to Love You is my idea of a perfect book. It is ab...

A luminous chronicle of betrayal, sacrifice and creative ambition.' The Observer 'My idea of a perfect book ... I cannot recommend it enough.' Jami Attenberg Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer like her mother Isabel. She only gets to see her father Robert, and his brilliant but troubled partner James, for a few precious weeks a year when she visits their enchanted apartment in Greenwich Village. James educates he...

My idea of a perfect book. It is about art, life, death, love, and family and it is beautifully and sharply written. I cried several times while reading it, and was sorry to let it go when I was done. I cannot recommend it enough.' Jami Attenberg Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer like her mother Isabel. She only gets to see her father Robert, and his brilliant but troubled partner James, for a few precious weeks ...

My idea of a perfect book ... I cannot recommend it enough.' Jami Attenberg 'Pitch perfect poignancy' Kirkus 'Compelling and captivating, I was unable to put it down.' Lisa Harding Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer like her mother Isabel. She only gets to see her father Robert, and his brilliant but troubled partner James, for a few precious weeks a year when she visits their enchanted apartment in Greenwich Vil...

They're Going to Love You is my idea of a perfect book. It is about art, life, death, love, and family and it is beautifully and sharply written. I cried several times while reading it, and was sorry to let it go when I was done. I cannot recommend it enough."-Jami Attenberg A magnetic tale of betrayal, art, and ambition, set in the world of professional ballet, New York City during the AIDS crisis, and present-day Los AngelesCarlisle Martin d...

A brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them-and their families-changed forever. "A transcendent, cross-cultural, and cross planetary journey into the mysteries of space and self....Howrey's expansive vision left me awestruck."-Ruth Ozeki "Howrey's exquisite novel demonstrates ...

A major launch on the Scribner list: Station Eleven meets The Martian in this brilliantly inventive and timely novel about three astronauts training to be the first humans on Mars, a sharply observed story of ambition, endeavour and family.

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Schwanensee, Mittsommernachtstraum oder Romeo & Julia - was zählt, ist die nächste große Rolle. Kein Opfer ist den jungen, ehrgeizigen Ballett-Schwestern Kate und Gwen zu groß, um den unsagbar hohen Ansprüchen an eine Solotänzerin gerecht zu werden. Beide scheinen den großen Traum der Primaballerina mit all dem zugehörigen Glanz zu leben. Doch was, wenn die getanzten Dramen Wirklichkeit werden und man an ihnen zu zerbrechen droht?

Three astronauts locked in intensive training for the first crewed mission to Mars: the wit and observation of Zoe Heller or Karen Joy Fowler meets the near-future setting of "The Martian" in this timely and compelling novel of ambition, endeavour and family.

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I threw my neck out in the middle of Swan Lake last night. So begins the tale of Kate Crane, a soloist in a celebrated New York City ballet company who is struggling to keep her place in a very demanding world. At every turn she is haunted by her close relationship with her younger sister, Gwen, a fellow company dancer whose career quickly surpassed Kate's, but who has recently suffered a breakdown and returned home. Alone for the first time i...

Seventeen-year-old Luke Prescott has been brought up in a bohemian matriarchy, surrounded by his divorced New Age mother, his religious grandmother, and two precocious half-sisters. He is writing his college applications when his father-a famous television star- invites him to Los Angeles for the summer. Luke accepts and is plunged into a world of location shooting, celebrity interviews, glamorous parties, and premieres. But as he begins to kn...

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This is the story of two talented ballerina sisters from Michigan, Gwen and Kate, and what their life is like when they arrive in New York and are accepted into the ultimate company. It is also a noirish tale about the quest for perfection and the toll it can take.

A brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them-and their families-changed forever. "A transcendent, cross-cultural, and cross planetary journey into the mysteries of space and self....Howrey's expansive vision left me awestruck."-Ruth Ozeki "Howrey's exquisite novel demonstrates ...

In this spellbinding debut, Howrey gives readers a smart, funny, and deeply moving story about truth versus belief, about what we do and don't tell ourselves--with the result that we don't always know what we know.