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Hold me tight and tango me home

Finn, Maria (author.).

Summary: Maria Finn's husband was cheating. First she threw him out. Then she cried. Then she signed up for tango lessons. It turns out that tango has a lot to teach about understanding love and loss, about learning how to follow and how to lead, how to live with style and flair, take risks, and sort out what it is you really want. As Maria's world begins to revolve around the friendships she makes in dance class and the milongas (social dances) she attends regularly in New York City, we discover with her the fascinating culture, history, music, moves, and beauty of the Argentine tango. With each new dance step she learns-the embrace, the walk, the sweep, the exit-she is one step closer to returning to the world of the living. Eventually Maria travels to Buenos Aires, the birthplace of tango, and finds the confidence to try romance again. As exhilarating as the dance itself, the story whirls us into the center of the ballroom dancing craze. And buoyed by the author's humor and passion, it imparts surprising insights about how to get on with life after you've lost in love.

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  • ISBN: 9781565129726
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource (223 pages)
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010.

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Formatted Contents Note:
El Abrazo, The Embrace -- La Salida, The Basic -- La Caminita, The Walk -- El Ocho, The Figure Eight -- La Milonga Primera, The First Milonga -- La Sacada, The Take -- El Gancho, The Hook -- La Volcada, The Fall -- El Boleo, The Throw -- El Molinete, The Wheel -- El Candombe, Afro-Uruguayan Music and Dance -- La Arrastrada, The Sweep -- El Abrazo, The Embrace -- La Salida, The Exit -- Glossary.

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Finn, Maria
Tango (Dance) Argentina
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General
Interpersonal relations
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