Step Sisters

It was generally nice, as long as I don’t imagine there are lots of fiction books about Irish dancing. Step Sisters is a kids story (most of those ID books that I have found are so), and pretty simple as to the style of writing, but anyway, you may find a glimpse of yourself in one of the girl characters, the ambitious Tanya who wants to get medals and titles, or the good-hearted Siobhán who does not really care about being a winner. When I first came to Irish dancing classes (in the age of 24), I did not think about competitions. Well, perhaps I did, looking through some impressive photos of solo dresses, but for one reason or another I remained a non-competing dancer. I should say a significant apprehension was letting down my school, but in fact, I have never believed in dance…