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Photo of BACK-STAGE written by Hill, Lorna illustrated by Verity, Esme published by Girls Gone By (STOCK CODE: 1317649) for sale by Stella & Rose's Books

BACK-STAGE

Illustrated by Esme Verity

Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus. 2004

Fine condition. A "Wells" Book first published in 1960. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 182 pages.

ISBN: 1904417272
Stock no. 1317649

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Anna Grimaldi is a 'back-stage' child, the daughter of Griselda Grimaldi, ballet dancer and 'star turn' at the old Dukes Theatre in London. When her mother dies she is brought up by Sarah, her mother's dresser.
Anna quickly shows a talent for dancing and, at great sacrifice to Sarah, she goes to the Royal Ballet School. She makes a little money 'on the side' by sitting for students at the Slade School of Art and there she meets and makes a friend of Vicki Scott, Veronica Weston's daughter.
Anna is one of the Royal Ballet School's most promising pupils but she is persuaded by Joady, a childhood friend, to leave the school and go to Australia with him to join a ballet company in Sydney. Why she changes her mind at the last moment and decides to stay in England makes an exciting climax to the story.

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