Dancing is not as with some of the other arts a matter of short inspiration and quick effects dancing is a vocation A girl whom I choose to star as much gives her life to dancing as a novice entering a nunnery gives her life to religionSo says the demanding Madame Tania as she offers a longawaited starring role to young Judith Nell who has strived her whole life for success in the ballet But her big break arrives just as shes falling for Paul who has demands of his own The resulting conflict and the pressure from Judiths mother who tries to make up for her own stifled ambitions by obsessing over Judiths career form the crux of a riveting poignant tale by an author who knows the ins and outs of ballet better than anyone Enriching the main story are Judiths fellow dancersincluding a young girl who has sacrificed her youth only to grow too tall for a careerand her brothers Not to mention the fearsome Madame Tania who ends by getting told off in no uncertain termsPirouette is the eleventh of twelve charming pageturning romances published under the pseudonym Susan Scarlett by none other than beloved childrens author and novelist Noel Streatfeild Out of print for decades they were rediscovered by Greyladies Books in the early 2010s and Dean Street Press and Furrowed Middlebrow are delighted now to make all twelve available to a wider audienceA writer who shows a rich experience in her writing and a charm Nottingham Journal