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    Marie, Dancing
    Marie, Dancing
    Marie, Dancing
    Audiobook7 hours

    Marie, Dancing

    Written by Carolyn Meyer

    Narrated by Carine Montbertrand

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    About this audiobook

    Dancing with the Paris Opera ballet is 14-year-old Marie van Goethem's greatest joy. And yet she must honor her father's dying request to keep their poverty-stricken family together. She certainly can't count on the help of her drunken mother or selfish older sister. When famous artist Edgar Degas asks Marie to model for a sculpture, she welcomes the income-although she's hesitant to pose nude. Her bi-weekly visits to Degas' cluttered art studio introduce her to unimagined wonders and mysteries. But when the sculpture is finished, she refuses to be a rich man's mistress. She instead earns honest income as a seamstress while hoping for her chance at true love. An award-winning author of more than 50 books, Carolyn Meyer captivates young adults with her vivid historical fiction. Using actual details about the ballerina Degas immortalized as Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, Meyer creates a seamless narrative of Marie's life as it might have been in 1870s Paris. "As with her Young Royals series, Meyer's ability to sweep readers to another time and place while bringing historic figures to life once again results in a mesmerizing novel."-Publishers Weekly, starred review
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 26, 2007
    ISBN9781428199361
    Marie, Dancing
    Author

    Carolyn Meyer

    Carolyn Meyer is the acclaimed author of more than fifty books for young people. Her many award-winning novels include Mary, Bloody Mary, an ABA Pick of the Lists, an NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, a New York Times bestseller; White Lilacs, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an NYPL Best Book for the Teen Age, and an IRA Young Adults' Choice; and Marie, Dancing, a BookSense Pick. Ms. Meyer lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Visit her website at www.readcarolyn.com.

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    • 4/5
      4Q 3P This engrossing and interesting book will appeal to select groups but will appeal to a broad audience if pushed.Marie, Dancing offers a view into a poor family's life in 19th century Paris, France. Young Marie is a dancer with the Paris Opera along with her older and younger sisters. She gains the notice of artist Edgar during practice and is chosen to model for his sculpture Young Dancer, Aged Fourteen.As I read I felt that Meyer created an accurate portrayal of a girl of Marie's status though some may feel that the story is little dark for historical fiction. Watching Marie's sacrifices for her family but also seeing her ultimately live a good life provides an uplifting message for teen readers. I appreciated learning more about Paris during this time period and getting an idea of the process that Degas used to create his art as well as the process of becoming a ballerina but also felt like Meyer's characters were rounded out and appealing enough to carry the story along.
    • 4/5
      I'm really not into Art...but the historical details were wonderful. Marie lives in a world that is a contrast between what she is on stage and what her real life is all about. I love historical fiction, so I enjoyed the book. It was a quick read.
    • 4/5
      Tells the story behind Degas’s sculpture Petite Dansuese: The Little Dancer. Marie van Goetham lives a hard life of poverty, brightened only by her work dancing at the Opera, and her love for a friend from her youth. An interesting portrait of the life/lives of dancers in Paris in the late 1800s, but not gripping by any stretch.
    • 2/5
      This book is one of the saddest most depressing books of its kind! But I will say it is an ok book to read.