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Flight of the Swan
Flight of the Swan: A Novel | Rosario Ferré
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A renowned Russian ballerina is stranded in Puerto Rico as a revolution tears her homeland apart—and she finds herself in the middle of another uprising In a truly multicultural story and a daring example of global fiction, Rosario Ferré uses her prodigious talents to deliver an unforgettable tale of love, politics, and the power of female expression. Based loosely on a real episode in the life of famous prima ballerina Anna Pavlova, Flight of the Swan follows Niura Federovsky as she flees Russia when revolution breaks out in 1917. Adrift in San Juan, Niura falls in love with a much younger man. Her passion for revolutionary Diamantino Márquez mirrors the turmoil of the strife-torn island, and her dance troupe soon becomes caught up in Puerto Rico’s struggle for independence. Niura’s maid and confidant, Masha, the heart and soul of the novel, is devastated by Madame’s apparent abandonment of her art. Masha tries to save her mistress from heartbreak—only to lose her own heart to a most unexpected arrival.
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CheesecakeKyle
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I honestly couldn't finish this book it was so boring to me :/

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WanderingBookaneer
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Inspired by Ana Pavlova's Latin American tour, Ferré brings the famed ballerina to a Puerto Rico where nationalists are not happy with the U.S's takeover of the island and the granting of U.S. citizenship just in time to go fight in WWI. â­ï¸â­ï¸â­ï¸â­ï¸

kgriffith I need to get back to The House on the Lagoon, I read it while I was in PR last April but had to return it to the campus library when I got home and it got lost in the list of books to finish because it wasn‘t staring accusingly at me from a coffee table like the others 🙄 7y
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WanderingBookaneer
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Bookzombie Yay!! 7y
asiriusreader 🎉🎉 7y
Gissy 🎉🎊🎉🎊ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘👠7y
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WanderingBookaneer
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With this book I will finish the #LitsyReadingChallenge

PurpleyPumpkin Wow, congrats! I‘m still working on it... 7y
Gissy Congratulations! 📚📚📚ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ˜ðŸ˜˜ðŸŽ‰ðŸŽŠðŸŽ‰ðŸŽŠðŸ‘ 7y
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