Sing If You Can't Dance

Name: Sing If You Can't Dance
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Alexia Casale
ISBN: 9781666164664

Author: Alexia Casale

Series: All of Me #1

Narrator: Lucy Rayner

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/04/2023

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Disabilities

Synopsis

Ven has her future all planned out. Her dance group is going places and so is she . . . Then she collapses. On stage.

In hospital, Ven discovers that she has a medical condition—one that threatens to ruin everything. No more dancing . . . walking is challenging enough. But she doesn't want your pity. Ven is determined to have a big, exciting life. Sure, her future might be different, but it's not over . . . Because if you can't dance, you can always sing!

Refreshing, uplifting and original, Sing if you Can't Dance is the unforgettable story of a teenager living life on her own terms.

About Alexia Casale

A British-American citizen of Italian heritage, Alexia Casale is an author, teacher, and writing consultant. After studying psychology then educational technology at Cambridge University (England), she moved to New York. There she worked on the Tony Award-winning 2004 Broadway revival of "La Cage aux Folles," working with legendary composer Jerry Herman and multiple Tony Award winners Harvey Fierstein, director Jerry Zaks, and choreographer Jerry Mitchell. She has family ties in California and New York, where all four of her paternal great-grandparents arrived from Eastern Europe and were processed at Ellis Island.

After returning to the UK, Alexia completed a PhD and teaching qualification. In between, she worked as a West End script-critic, box-office manager for a music festival, and executive editor of a human rights journal. She loves cats, collects glass animals, and has a particular fondness for medieval sleeves.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon

This was a fantastic YA summer romance featuring a teen girl who is forced to give up her dancing dreams when she starts showing symptoms of an unnamed condition (very hEDS-like in nature). Full of a cast of great supporting characters and a sweet love interest, this story does such a great job illu......more

Goodreads review by Liz

connected instantly to the title due to what was going on in my life at that time In the beginning the main chara was a bit much at times for me, and some parts for example the fundraising at the end etc seemed a bit exaggerated... Buuuut it's a wonderful story about fighting back, not letting life h......more

Goodreads review by misfantasyfiction ☆ﾟ.*･

i sobbed......more

Goodreads review by Georgina

I’m a sucker for a coming of age story. This was like watching a comforting tv show. There are parts that could have been tied up better but this just means a lot to me. I teared up towards the end and I would recommend for those wanting a coming of age YA story with good disability representation. C......more

Goodreads review by Leonie

I loved it was adorable and I really enjoyed the book however I can understand how Ven can be over the top for some people but when you get to feel who she is then you’ll be obsessed with her I love how firece she is and how she’s not afraid to shy from her emotions......more