The Turnout by Megan Abbott
Dara and Marie Durant, with their long necks, transparent tights, and taut buns, have only ever known the path of a well-trained dancer. When their parents are involved in a fatal accident, not much changes. Along with Charlie, Dara’s husband and formerly one of their mother’s prized students, the sisters practice an exquisite dance, circling one another, six days a week, keeping the studio thriving as they take over their mother’s duties of administering the Durant School of Dance.
The Turnout by Megan Abbott
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A stranger enters and endangers the sisters’ delicate equilibrium when another unsettlingly suspicious event occurs right before the school’s annual performance of The Nutcracker—a time of intense competition, heightened tension, and tremendous excitement.
The Turnout is Megan Abbott at the top of her game with its uncanny insight and haunting language. It is a sharp and weird examination of family relationships and sexuality, femininity, and power as well as a frightening thriller that is both alarming and alluring.
Two sisters take over and manage their parents’ dancing studio in the movie The Turnout after their parents pass away in a tragic accident. They manage with the support of one of their husbands, but old secrets won’t go away after a strange accident just before the school’s annual Nutcracker performance.
This is a tale of unrequited ambitions and family secrets. It immerses the reader in the ballet world of competition and develops with one twist after another until an unexpected conclusion.
The Turnout is a fantastic story with many unexpected turns. moves rapidly while maintaining your interest.
