Punk rock legend Patti Smith has written a book about a figure skater!

[jenniferlyon]

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/patti-smith-at-miami-book-fair-2017-november-13-9787446

The teenage protagonist in Devotion is a figure skater who, as an uprooted immigrant, moves fluidly through various spoken languages. The almost-16-year-old Eugenia, a precocious but academically disinterested girl, would rather commit her time to skating on the frozen pond behind her house. She's another example of Smith embracing experiences outside her own expertise. “My heroine has many abilities that I don’t have... I’ve never skated in my life, but I’ve been watching skaters since I was a child because my father loved skating and he was very athletic. I’ve always admired it.”

 

[kittysk8ts]

Fascinating. Thnx so much for sharing.

 

[chapis]

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/patti-smith-at-miami-book-fair-2017-november-13-9787446

Eugenia?, I wonder if she is fan of Evgenia or Plushenko.