A Time To Dance A Time To Run - Couverture rigide

Miller, R. H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 141842515X ISBN 13 : 9781418425159

Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

In A Time to Dance A Time to Run Maria, a gifted German prima ballerina, is breathtaking and graceful on the stage-scrambling and scurrying on the streets-streets that first echo the clicks of Nazi boots, and then melt when allied bombs collapse the sky and incinerate the cities. Forging a career in dance is difficult enough for her, but with gutted theaters, disrupted performances, destroyed costumes, and a ration of 1/4 pound of meat per month, it is unimaginable how she could survive. Through all this, she is loved and admired for her sense of humor in addition to her elegance and talent, which propel her to renown. Fleeing to the Black Forest to avoid Hitler's draft into his Elite Corps of Entertainers, it is Maria's ballet training that repeatedly saves her life as she thwarts the advances of brutal occupying French soldiers and Arab mercenaries. She realizes that there is no refuge for any innocent German civilian-anywhere. As the Allies occupy her country, Maria is startled by the admiration of an American officer who sees her dance, and wants to meet her. Their courtship flowers into love in spite of the fact that the war deems them enemies. He helps her establish a troupe of entertainers who bring some relief to the Germans of post war devastation, and ultimately brings her and their child to America.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A Time to Dance A Time to Run, is a story based on Maria, a gifted German prima ballerina who is breathtaking and graceful on the stage?scrambling and scurrying on the streets?streets that first echo the clicks of Nazi boots, and then melt when allied bombs collapse the sky and incinerate the cities.Forging a career in dance is difficult enough for her, but with gutted theaters, disrupted performances, destroyed costumes, and a ration of ? pound of meat per month, it is unimaginable how she could survive. Through all this, she is loved and admired for her sense of humor in addition to her elegance and talent, which propel her to renown.Fleeing to the Black Forest to avoid Hitler?s draft into his Elite Corps of Entertainers, it is Maria?s ballet training that repeatedly saves her life as she thwarts the advances of brutal occupying French soldiers and Arab mercenaries. She realizes that there is no refuge for any innocent German civilian?anywhere.As the Allies occupy her country, Maria is startled by the admiration of an American officer who sees her dance, and wants to meet her. Their courtship flowers into love in spite of the fact that the war deems them enemies. He helps her establish a troupe of entertainers who bring some relief to the Germans of post war devastation, and ultimately brings her and their child to America.

Biographie de l'auteur

Before becoming an author, R. H. Miller spent a rewarding career as a college Department Chair/Professor helping students achieve academic success. He enjoys life with his wife of 35 years at their home on the shores of Lake Erie where he draws many of his ideas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AuthorHouse
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 141842515X
• ISBN 13: 9781418425159
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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