Swing Time Historical Fiction triumphed and failed as she

triumphed and failed as she looked for him

The Icarus Girl runs straight at the heart of what it means to belong

Part memoir and part manifesto

now a curse that's left her indebted to the cunning spirit world

and terrified of the outside world

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