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Guest Post by Germaine Shames: Giving an Indomitable Ballerina Her Moment in the Spotlight

     Today's guest writer is Germaine Shames. She is the author of Between Two Deserts . Her most recent novel You, Fascinating You , is about an Italian Maestro, who wrote a love song about his lost wife. In this guest post, she writes about the life of Margit Wolf, the novel's main protagonist. She was a ballerina, who was forced to separate from her husband, Pasquale Frustaci. It was not until twenty-two years later that the couple would meet again. I hope this guest post will give you some insight into this novel. Thank you, Ms. Shames! Giving an Indomitable Ballerina Her Moment in the Spotlight      When, back in 2007, I began to research the life of ballerina Margit Wolf, not a single archive or database mentioned her. Today, she is the protagonist of a novel, e-book, audiobook and Broadway-scale musical, all titled You, Fascinating You .      Next year will mark fully a decade devoted to this epic, real-life story in w...