City of Night Birds A Reese's Book Club Pick

Incredibly well-written and exactly as transportive, passionate and focused on the art of ballet as I needed it to be. It perfectly conveyed the passion, intensity and incredible rigor of russian ballet and even made a point of the power of art and artistic expression in times of war and political unrest. This was not nearly as dramatic and joyless as it could have been, and I'm glad for it. If you have even the tiniest interest in russian ballet and the perspective of an artist, read this.