{"product_id":"the-turning-9780060755935","title":"The Turning","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Turning\u003c\/strong\u003e by Whelan, Gloria. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780060755935.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1991, a Russianballerina dreams of leaving Leningrad -- forever. A member of the Kirov Ballet Corps, Tatiana hopes to be chosen for the troupes Paris tour. Once there, she will try to escape the watchful eye of KGB agents, defect to France, and leave the complicated politics of the Soviet Union behind.\nBut like ballet, leaving is harder than it looks. Tatiana becomes entangled in her countrys struggle for democracy, and her dream of a better life in Paris is soon challenged by hope for her countrys future. Tatiana must make a choice, and there will be no turning back.\nThis companion novel to National Book Award winner Gloria Whelans breathtaking epics angel on the square, the impossible journey, and burying the sun offers a riveting portrait of a nation, and a young woman, on the brink of spectacular change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45212996862005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0060755938","price":249.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780060755935_d1a52edd-9805-4d7a-9268-03a91b242065.jpg?v=1779910066","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-turning-9780060755935","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}