Tango Lessons, Meghan Flaherty
Tango Lessons, Meghan Flaherty
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Tango Lessons
A Memoir

Author: Meghan Flaherty

Narrator: Meghan Flaherty

Unabridged: 10 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/19/2018

Synopsis

From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut memoir about a young woman learning to dance tango, becoming comfortable in her own skin and in the arms of others.Tango was an unlikely choice for Meghan Flaherty. A young woman living with the scars of past trauma, she was terrified of being touched and shied away from real passion. But by her late twenties, she knew something had to change. She dug up an old dream and tried on her dancing shoes.In tango, there’s a leader and a follower, and, traditionally, the woman follows. As Meghan moved from beginner classes to the late-night dance halls of New York’s vibrant tango underground, she discovered that more than any footwork, the hardest and most essential lesson of the dance was to follow with strength and agency; to find her balance, regardless of the lead. And as she broke her own rule—never mix romance and tango—she started to apply those lessons in every corner of her life.Written in wry, lyrical prose, and beautifully enriched by the vivid history and culture of the dance, Tango Lessons is a transformative story of conquering your fears, living your dreams, and enjoying the dizzying freedom found in the closest embrace.

About Meghan Flaherty

MEGHAN FLAHERTY has an MFA in nonfiction from Columbia University. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Rumpus, the New Inquiry, and the Iowa Review. She lives in Palo Alto, California, and Tango Lessons is her first book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Waverly on August 27, 2018

I didn't want to like this book because I was jealous. This is the book I wanted to write. When I first started dancing tango, I was as besotted with it as Meghan Flaherty and frequently wrote about my experiences, how tango becomes an obsession, how it transforms you, how it situates you in your bo......more

Goodreads review by Iryna on September 28, 2018

Loved it. Every word of it. The writing is beautiful, the story is honest & raw at times, the echoes of tango are heard on every page... Want to go back to the beginning now & read it all again, hopefully slower this time.......more

Goodreads review by Audrey on December 18, 2018

I heard Meghan Flaherty read at Kepler's "Story is the Thing" event, and I'm so glad I did because I might not otherwise have picked up "Tango Lessons." I don't (didn't) know anything about tango and I don't usually read memoir. This book will teach you more than you could believe there is to know a......more

Goodreads review by Liz on September 12, 2018

The tango is as intoxicating to watch as it is to dance and learning about it is a joy. It's also a salvation to Meghan Flaherty as she gradually overcomes the damage that was done to her by early childhood abuse. And when an injury means she can no longer dance as she used to -- obsessively -- it n......more

Goodreads review by David on May 13, 2018

This is interesting, even for a definite non-dancer. The different threads are woven together really well so despite their differences forward motion is seamless. Engaging.......more

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