The Dance

By TE Dora

In school one day, Faith, a young American girl, learns of Ndidi and Obi, two young lovers who were separated a day before their wedding.
Ndidi was an African princess. She was practicing her wedding dance by a river, when she was grabbed by slave catchers. Obi her betrothed tried to rescue her, but was captured as well. According to legend, if the wedding dance was not performed, the betrothed couple was doomed for all eternity, never to be united.
Faith wished to reunite the two lovers and in her dance class, performed a beautiful and powerful dance. Her stirring performance enabled the tragic lovers, centuries later, to finally rest in peace.
In its lyrical and poignant portrayal of love and loss, despair and joy, The Dance is both a coming of age story and a haunting retelling of a great human tragedy in a simple, yet profound way young people and adults can appreciate.

• Language: English
• Publisher: TE Dora
• Release date: Feb 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458043726

TE Dora

Hello! I breathe, I read and I write. I draw on my passion for music, dance and history to weave lyrical coming of age stories and poignant portrayals of love, loss, despair and joy. I live on Long Island, NY with my wonderful husband and three darling sons. We are a close knit family and enjoy soccer, baseball, movies and family trips. I’m an attorney by profession, and a writer by passion and squeeze time between work, community service and soccer practices to write. I’m currently working on a number of other projects, so please stick around for more great stories. I’d like to hear from you. Kindly visit me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter. I appreciate your support!

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The Dance

TE Dora

Published by Theodora Egbuchulam at Smashwords

Copyright 2011 Theodora Egbuchulam writing as TE Dora

Other titles by TE Dora at Smashwords.com:

The Dorm (A Series)

Love and Plunder (Short Story collection)

The Nanny

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Cover by Joleene Naylor.

Cover photo provided by Alexander Yakovlev Dreamstime.com

This book is dedicated to my mother Mrs. Patrica O. Egeonu, my husband Stanley Egbuchulam, my sister Josephine K. Egeonu and my three sons, Stanley, Patrick and Matthew, all of whom love and encourage me with no end.

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Mom!

A young girl’s call floated above car honks and bus blares on a school-day afternoon. Her sneakers pounded the pavement. She yelled again and ran up steps of a Brooklyn brownstone. A blur in pink jeans, she took the steps two at a time, her long braids somersaulting in the air.

Her mother waited by the door of their apartment. Shanice Parker knew her warning would go into one ear and come out the other.

Faith stop running before you hurt yourself!

Faith constantly fell, scraped