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When Lauren Kessler was twelve, her ballet instructor crushed not just her dreams of being a ballerina but also her youthful self-assurance. Now, many decades and three children later, Kessler embarks on a journey to join a professional company to perform in The Nutcracker. Raising the Barre is more than just one woman's story; it is a story about shaking things up, taking risks and ignoring good sense, and forgetting how old you are and how you're "supposed" to act. It's about testing limits and raising the bar(re) on your own life.
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About Lauren Kessler
Lauren Kessler is the author of several works of narrative nonfiction, including the Washington Post bestseller Clever Girl and the Los Angeles Times bestseller The Happy Bottom Riding Club. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times Magazine, O magazine, and The Nation. She directs the graduate program in literary nonfiction at the University of Oregon.
About Hollis McCarthy
Hollis McCarthy has narrated more than 170 books for Penguin Random House, Audible, Tantor, Highbridge, Harper-Harlequin, and ACX. A classically trained actor who fights with swords, her acting resume includes many leads in regional and off-Broadway theater, lots of Shakespeare, and TV and film. She’s a recurring guest star on CBS’s Bull and played the president of Ireland on Blue Bloods.