A dashed dream leads to a rash decision in the fifth installment of Cynthia Voigtâs Tillerman cycle.
Mina Smiths lives to dance, so her scholarship to ballet camp seems like a dream come true. She doesnât even mind being the only black girl in the troupeâthat is, until she is told sheâll never be a classical dancer. Itâs then that Mina begins to face some difficult truths about race and identity and transfers her passion for dance to Tamer Shipp, the summer minister for her church. The problem is, heâs a grown man with a family, but she canât stop wishing for more to their friendship than simply pastor and parishioner.
Cynthia Voigtâs incomparable mastery of character and community shines forth in this stirring novel from her acclaimed Tillerman cycle.