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Dinah is a fan. From as long as she can remember she has been obsessed by ballet and is in love with its superstar, Rudolf Nureyev. Her devotion is the one thing people remember about her, because otherwise, she is small, quiet and quite unremarkable. Dinah is anonymous and so she is just the woman for Pavel - the exuberant Soviet official with a taste for silk ties and the arts, who finds himself working as an unlikely double agent in 1970s Australia. The Glass Carpet weaves recognisable tales of love and family through the real life politics and prejudices that conspire to jeopardise ordinary people’s hopes and dreams. Dinah’s saga moves from Ireland, to Australia, the USSR and France and is punctuated by encounters with her dancing hero which seem to have magical effects on her life and the lives of those around her. Funny, tragic and moving, The Glass Carpet ultimately reveals that everyone is remarkable, whether they realise it or not.

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Marjorie Cardwell has drawn on her love of history and the arts and her memories of growing up in Ireland for her debut novel, The Glass Carpet. A long time resident of Tasmania, Marjorie has spent most of her life in Australia, but grew up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, where she was encouraged to read, paint, dance, play in the countryside and enjoy as normal a childhood as possible by her loving parents. Marjorie worked as a journalist in the UK and taught English and History for two decades in Australia. She runs a 12,000 strong Facebook Rudolf Nureyev fan group which grew out of her research for her debut novel. Now she is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts and writing her second novel, encouraged by her husband and two adult sons.  

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