{"product_id":"dancers-in-dark-9781678007348","title":"Dancers in Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dorothy Speare\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lulu Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lulu Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDancers in the Dark by Dorothy Speare in 1922, while she was a student at Radcliffe. Dorothy Speare uses a lot of familiar tropes from late 19th and early 20th century literature, and many lovely turns of a phrase or enchanting bits of flapperish slang. The 1920s are always seen as a period of huge change and transition, particular in regard to the place of women, and that people of the time seemed conscious of this: many characters in the book comment that they seem to be living through a huge transition.Joy Nelson is 20 years old, when a bit of good luck finds her going to Boston to study music. Joy's angst is in contrast to the ordeals of her two roomies: Sara, a cold woman who fills in the emptiness with partying, and Jerry, a \"valiant\" woman with major heartbreak and strife in her past. Dancers In The Dark truly excels at showing these women as well-rounded, real people. Even when something terrible befalls Sara, this is not at all portrayed as something she deserves because of her \"sinful life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lulu Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48228833591447,"sku":"9781678007348","price":8289.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781678007348.webp?v=1788780822","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dancers-in-dark-9781678007348","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}