Acknowledgements
With huge thanks to Annette Hind, Lucy Hind and Karen Paisey of Dorothy Colborne School of Dance, to Sally Harris of Bath Welcomes Refugees, and to Faisal Aljawabra and family, all of whom generously helped me with research. To my favourite young editors, Evie Giachritsis, Elsie Bruton and Lucy Smith. To Jo Nadin, for writing wisdom and general wonderfulness. To my ballet teacher, Patricia Parkinson, for giving me a love of dance; and to Miss Eve and all the dancing girls of Sunshine Ballet School days, with love and fond memories. Thank you to all my colleagues and pupils at King Edward’s School, Bath, for endlessly inspiring me, and especially to the head, Martin Boden, for supporting this book and the cause. Thank you to the wonderful Caroline Montgomery of Rupert Crew, who is not only the best agent in the world but a dear friend; to Clare Hall Craggs for championing this book to the world, and to all the team at Nosy Crow, especially Tom Bonnick, for his wisdom and inspiration, without which I could never have written this story. Most of all to Jonny, Joe and Elsie, my favourite people in the world – with love always!
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First published in the UK in 2019 by Nosy Crow Ltd
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