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    What You Become in Flight: A Memoir
    What You Become in Flight: A Memoir
    What You Become in Flight: A Memoir
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    What You Become in Flight: A Memoir

    Written by Ellen O'Connell Whittet

    Narrated by Hillary Huber

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    About this audiobook

    This raw debut memoir explores the silent suffering of the ballerina and finds it emblematic of the violence that women quietly shoulder every day.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media
    Release dateApr 14, 2020
    ISBN9781666552416
    What You Become in Flight: A Memoir
    Author

    Ellen O'Connell Whittet

    Ellen O'Connell Whittet is an essayist and a lecturer. Winner of the Virginia Faulkner Award, her work has appeared in Vulture, Paris Review, Buzzfeed, Teen Vogue, and Prairie Schooner.

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