Description: What You Become in Flight by Ellen O'Connell Whittet Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A career-ending injury takes a ballerina from the lofty heights of dance down to the ground where she must learn life anew. Publisher Description A lyrical and meditative memoir on the damage we inflict in the pursuit of perfection, the pain of losing our dreams, and the power of letting go of both.With a promising career in classical ballet ahead of her, Ellen OConnell Whittet was devastated when a misstep in rehearsal caused a career-ending injury. Ballet was the love of her life. She lived for her moments under the glare of the stage-lights-gliding through the air, pretending however fleetingly to effortlessly defy gravity.Yet with a debilitating injury forcing her to reconsider her future, she also began to reconsider what she had taken for granted in her past. Beneath every perfect arabesque was a foot, disfigured by pointe shoes, stuffed-taped and bleeding-into a pink, silk slipper. Behind her ballerinas body was a young girl starving herself into a fragile collection of limbs. Within her love of ballet was a hatred of herself for struggling to achieve the perfection it demanded of her.In this raw and redemptive debut memoir, Ellen OConnell Whittet explores the silent suffering of the ballerina-and finds it emblematic of the violence that women quietly shoulder every day. For OConnell Whittet, letting go of one meant confronting the other-only then was it possible to truly take flight. Author Biography Ellen OConnell Whittet is an essayist and lecturer. Winner of the Virginia Faulkner Award, her work has appeared in Vulture, Paris Review, Buzzfeed, Teen Vogue, and Prairie Schooner. This is her first book. Details ISBN 1612198325 ISBN-13 9781612198323 Title What You Become in Flight Author Ellen OConnell Whittet Format Paperback Year 2020 Pages 240 Publisher Melville House Publishing GE_Item_ID:141753630; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781612198323
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Book Title: What You Become in Flight : a Memoir
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Topic: Women, Personal Growth / Happiness, Dance / Classical & Ballet
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: Performing Arts, Self-Help, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 8.6 Oz
Author: Ellen O'Connell Whittet
Item Length: 8.1 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
