Meg Howrey

Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer like her mother Isabel. She only gets to see her father Robert, and his brilliant but troubled partner James, for a few precious weeks a year....

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2022 A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK A gripping novel set in the world of professional ballet, New York City during the AIDS crisis, and present-day Los Angeles. "Beautiful...[A] finger-trap puzzle of a plot...

I threw my neck out in the middle of Swan Lake tonight. So begins the tale of Kate Crane, a soloist in a celebrated New York City ballet company....

A brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them—and their families—changed forever. “A transcendent, cross-cultural, and...