Juhea Kim

Nov 26, 2024 | bookbrowse.com | Juhea Kim

Book Summary A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and love. On a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident that stalled her career.

Nov 26, 2024 | readinggroupguides.com | Juhea Kim

A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice --- to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever --- in this incandescent novel of redemption and love. On a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident that stalled her career. Once the most celebrated dancer of her generation, she now turns to pills and alcohol to numb the pain of her past.

Nov 19, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Preety Sidhu |Juhea Kim

Introduction by Rachel Lyon Share article Issue No 654 Written by Juhea Kim Recommended by Rachel Lyon Think of it as the opening of Act I. The house lights dim. The heavy velvet curtains open on a listless Sunday morning in 1992, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in the shabby little apartment seven-year-old Natasha Leonova shares with her seamstress mother in Saint Petersburg. Her mother is sewing, let’s say. The television is on but unattended. Natasha is bored. Her main...

Nov 18, 2024 | people.com | Juhea Kim |elsewhere. Born

'City of Night Birds' by Juhea Kim and a portrait of the author . I knew I wanted to become a dancer when I saw Center Stage, that cinematic touchstone for a very specific subset of Millennials. (No woman born in the mid- to late-80s hasn’t longed to be caught in a dance duel between American Ballet Theatre stars Ethan Stiefel and Sasha Radetsky). Ballet had been my after-school activity since age nine, but it only became a passion after watching the film.

Sep 19, 2024 | totalapexentertainment.com | Juhea Kim |Stephanie Grant

A fascinating genre, historical fiction blends the facts of actual events with the artistic license of fictional characters and plots. It takes a skilled and imaginative author to pull it off, and Juhea Kim does it exceptionally well. Her latest novel City of Night Birds is set to be released on November 26th, 2024, with fanfare, and deservedly so. Her five other internationally bestselling novels have also made waves in the literary world.