![]() ![]() She also struggles with things like parental expectations, tension in friendships, fitting in among her peers, crushes, and so on. Overall, the portrayal of disability seemed pretty good to me based on my knowledge. I prefer reading and writing alone in my room over parties and such. Veda is stubborn but a bit aloof, preferring dance to socializing. society values engineering, my passion is creative writing. Her mother pushes her toward engineering and science, but her true passion lies with dance. Veda is a very relatable character for me. The author’s description of movement and affect draws you into Veda’s physical and emotional experiences. I tend to like prose better, but some poetry is just so great that it makes me wish I were any good at writing it (my high school poetry was…terrible).Ī Time to Dance is told in beautifully evocative language, rich with detail and figurative language. ![]() ![]() ![]() I have a somewhat ambivalent relationship with poetry. So I already read a book by Padma Venkatraman, Climbing the Stairs, but unlike that book, A Time to Dance is written in verse rather than prose. When she gets into an accident that results in her right leg being amputated below the knee, she must find a way to cope with the loss and regain her dance skills. My Summary: Veda has a passion for dancing and is a competitive dancer of traditional Indian Bharatanatyam. Note: I read this book as part of the #DiversityDecBingo reading challenge. ![]()
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