Instead, a passionate love affair created a rift between the family, with shattering consequences that reverberated for decades to come. But above all else, she longed to be asked to stay at the house on Bank Street, to be a part of Robert and James’s sophisticated world, even as the AIDS crisis brings devastation to their community. Seduced by the heady pull of mentorship and hoping to follow in the footsteps of her mother-a former Balanchine ballerina-Carlisle’s aspiration to become a professional ballet dancer bloomed. Brilliant but troubled, James gave Carlisle an education in all that he held dear in life-literature, music, and, most of all, dance. Throughout her childhood, Carlisle Martin got to see her father, Robert, for only a few precious weeks a year when she visited the brownstone apartment in Greenwich Village he shared with his partner, James. I cannot recommend it enough.” -Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins and All This Could Be Yours I cried several times while reading it, and was sorry to let it go when I was done. It is about art, life, death, love, and family and it is beautifully and sharply written.
“ They’re Going to Love You is my idea of a perfect book. A "soul-stirring novel about love, loyalty and one’s lifelong relationship to art" ( Seattle Times) set in the world of professional ballet, New York City during the AIDS crisis, and present-day Los Angeles.
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