"Bruce is a young TV reporter looking for good stories to move her up from a sleepy South Carolina town when she’s assigned to interview the formidable modern-dance maven Byrne Miller. Soon she is swept up in Miller’s story, which she presents alongside her own in this novel-like 'rememoir,' which charts the intersections of the two women’s lives and reveals their failures and triumphs. Bruce’s own relationship with an abusive surfer is impacted by her reflections on Miller’s time-tested marriage."

One of the elements of this book that has stuck with me is Byrne's decision to choose love. Her husband was not an easy man. He had many struggles. Yet she chose to hold him in a positive light. Loving someone really IS a choice. In all aspects of our lives.

I found this book in the basement of McIntyre's Books in Pittsboro, NC (USA). Employees of Fearrington Village get to select books from the shelves of advance readers copies. This one looked intriguing. (It was.) I am sending it with my daughter who is off to finish her Christmas shopping in Durham.Since Durham is home to the American Dance Festival and the heroine of this book is a modern dancer, this seems like the proper destination.
(LATER: Actually it ended up at Barriskill Dance Theater School in Durham, NC.)