Tried to do the author chat, but had some technical difficulty. Never got sound only text-making communication difficult. This book was full of surprises, culturally, professionally and for some the ending. Some in our group are big dance followers and loved that aspect, while others enjoyed learning the cultural responses. We are all strong women and relished seeing the various women develop throughout the book.

I really like this book; I was happy at the ending for Charlie when she made second place in the dance competition and also that her father and her siste saw her dance.

Not bad, but life is too short to spend reading mediocre books.