It's "my idea of the ideal novel," and I cannot recommend it highly enough. "Pitch perfect poignancy," says Jami Attenberg Kirkus I found it to be engrossing and engaging, and I couldn't put it down. Ingrid Harding Like her mother Isabel, Carlisle Martin aspires to pursue a career as a professional ballet dancer. She only gets to spend a few precious weeks a year with her father Robert and his bright but problematic partner James when she travels to their magical Greenwich Village apartment. James imparts to her all that he values in life, including dancing, music, and reading. Even as AIDS decimates their neighbourhood, Carlisle is yearning to be permitted to stay permanently as the years pass. Instead, a passionate relationship between them causes a schism that has fatal effects.