A Dancer's Final Bow

“A Dancer’s Final Bow” is a collection of autobiographical sketches based on her childhood in Colorado, her experience as a single mother, and her life as a dancer. “Chokecherries” evokes an early life spent in Cheyenne Canyon surrounded by Native American love. “The Cherry Coke” commemorates her first romance in the fifth grade. “Green” calls on memories of a nearly fatal sledding accident when she was thirteen. “The Boarders” reflects on her eleven-year stint as a host mother for foreign excha