Dancing Through the Shadow. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2018 book, Dancing Through The Shadow
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Dancing Through The Shadow
Agnes Bristow, 2018
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Leif Bristow, 2021

A riveting narrative of the life of Tia Zhang, a young Chinese ballerina who came of age during the reign of Mao Zedong. The story takes place in Beijing, China, and spans over a period of nearly 50 years, blending the most intimate moments of Tia’s personal life with a whirlwind of horrific historic events.


We're All in This Together. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2016 book
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We're All in This Together
Amy Jones, 2016
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Katie Boland, 2021

The movie focuses on the Parker family, who have had their fair share of complications. When matriarch Kate Parker miraculously survives plummeting over a waterfall in a barrel — a feat captured on a video that goes viral, suddenly, the dysfunctional Parker’s have to do something they never thought possible: act like a real family.