Granny Dan
(Book - Large Print)

Originally published: London: Bantam, 1999.

"She was the cherished grandmother who sang songs in Russian, loved to roller-skate, and spoke little of her past. But when Granny Dan dies, all that remained was a box, containing an old pair of satin toe shoes, a gold locket, and letters tied with ribbon. It was her legacy, her secret past, waiting to be discovered by the granddaughter who loved her but never really knew her...In 1902, a motherless young girl arrived at a ballet school in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the age of seven. By age seventeen, Danina Petroskova had become a great ballerina. But a war, an extraordinary man, and a devastating illness altered the course of her life."--BOOK JACKET.