A rising star wakes up from a mysterious accident

By Allison Hall

Updated May 20, 2014

Kathryn Craft’s debut novel, The Art of Falling, chronicles a dancer’s physical and emotional fall from grace. Upon waking up in hospital, Penelope Sparrow struggles to come to terms with what really happened to her and embrace the limitations of her body and what she will do with her future. – Allison Hall

The Art of Falling, Kathryn Craft, $18, Indigo and Amazon.

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