Dance Books

fusionworks is the US agent for the British publisher, BareBone Books. January 2011 marks the launch of The Double Happiness Company, a new dance novel by Anne Aylor. This poignant, funny book about fate, weight and ballet is set against the background of the Vietnam war, exposing a fractured family’s secrets, their unspoken love and why home is where the hurt is.

Ballet-mad Katie Rivers lives in a small border town in New Mexico with her eccentric half-Cherokee mother, wisecracking father and Kawasaki-crazy brother, who calls her a ‘weirdnik in a tutu’.

When she turns 15, Katie escapes from her family and boring hometown into the hothouse world of professional dance. Her single-mindedness takes her from a desert backwater to the dance capital of the world. Katie struggles to adapt to the shove and push of New York City as events at home threaten to smash the Rivers household.

To hear Chapter 4, “Acrobat of God”, click here.
To see a 2.38 minute video trailer go here.

Author: Anne Aylor
ISBN: 978-0-9566725-0-6
Format: Trade paperback, 286 pages, 216 x 138mm
Published: 27 January 2011
RRP: $15.00, inclusive of free P&P
Kindle edition also available

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Inspired by this book, NYC video artists Eclectic Method created a mesmerising Raw Dance Remix.

The December 2010 issue of Dance Europe gave this book a rave review: “It is clear from the outset that Aylor is drawing on her experiences as a dancer (she was with Oakland Ballet), as she articulates so accurately everything about dancers . . . the characters are superbly drawn, she writes beautifully and throughout there is a fine line between comedy and tragedy, which truly involves the reader as the drama unfolds.” For the full review, click here.