Kathryn Wagner

In the City of Lights, at the dawn of a new age, begins an unforgettable story of great love, great artand the most painful choices of the heart. With this fresh and vibrantly imagined portrait of the Impressionist artist Edgar Degas, readers are transported through the eyes of a young Parisian ballerina to an era of light and movement. An ambitious and enterprising farm girl, Alexandrie joins the prestigious Paris Opera ballet with hopes of securing not only her place in society but her familys financial future. Her plan is soon derailed, however, when she falls in love with the enigmatic artist whose paintings of the offstage lives of the ballerinas scandalized society and revolutionized the art world. As Alexandrie is drawn deeper into Degass art and Pariss secrets, will she risk everything for her dreams of love and of becoming the ballets star dancer?

Francia, segunda mitad del S. XIX: gracias a su talento, la joven Alexandrie es admitida en el elenco del Ballet de la Opera de París. En los ensayos, cautiva al pintor Degas, que la solicita como modelo en su estudio y con el que pronto iniciara una tormentosa relacion. Apasionante y adictiva, ademas de mostrarnos al Degas mas desconocido, esta novela presenta las luces y las sombras del mundo del ballet, donde las rivalidades y el sufrimiento estaban a la orden del dia, y donde la consagracion era un sueño al alcance de muy pocas bailarinas. Periodista y experta en Arte, Katrhyn Wagner trabaja para una organizacion benefica al tiempo que colabora en distintos medios de colaboracion.