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A review by poachedeggs
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
4.0
A really cute book about three orphan girls who were adopted by a fossil collector, 'Gum', and who are sent to a ballet/acting school to start earning their keep and help their guardian (Gum's niece, 'Garnie') make ends meet.
I would really have enjoyed this as a child - there is a bit of a Mary Poppins feel to it somehow. As an adult, I find myself enjoying the parts where Pauline lets fame and popularity get to her head, and where Petrova keeps running off to fix cars. Posy's single-minded passion for ballet is also fascinating - very much 'a portrait of the artist(e) as a young woman'.
I would really have enjoyed this as a child - there is a bit of a Mary Poppins feel to it somehow. As an adult, I find myself enjoying the parts where Pauline lets fame and popularity get to her head, and where Petrova keeps running off to fix cars. Posy's single-minded passion for ballet is also fascinating - very much 'a portrait of the artist(e) as a young woman'.