Never Again

Never Again

Overview

On her eightieth birthday, Clara climbs a mountain to a remote place she loves and is struck by lightning. Just as her life slips away she is rescued by immortal beings from the faraway planet of Eliria. They carry her to their ship and heal her, not only of the effects of lightning, but also of all the ravages of aging.

When she returns to Earth, she discovers she is a beautiful young woman. She rejoices in her newfound strength, revives her career, and starts dancing again. But soon her old spirit begins to feel at odds with her new life, longing for the depth and quiet of her former days. She becomes increasingly uncomfortable in the electronic world of the 21st century, dreads to outlive her children, and is wounded by a disastrous romance with a young tango dancer.

Faced with the prospect of living her life all over again in another era, Clara wonders if the Elirians would be able to return her to her old body — and what her choice would be if they could…

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780997545067
Publisher: Dancing Aspen Press
Publication date: 01/02/2020
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 601,260
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Heather Starsong grew up in New England and graduated summa cum laude from Boston University in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature.
She has been a dancer since childhood, especially fascinated with the connections between healing, art, and spirit. She has explored and taught many forms: creative dance, liturgical dance, dance therapy, yoga, ceremonial dance, Rolfing® and Rolf Movement®, Continuum, and most recently Argentine Tango.
Although her career has been focused on body language, she has loved and told stories all her life. In 2007 she began to write her stories. Leaves in Her Hair was published in 2009, the first edition of Never Again in 2015,The Purest Gold in 2017, and Song of Eliria in 2019.
She is presently semi-retired from a long career of teaching dance and yoga and practicing Rolfing. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, and enjoys writing, dancing, hiking in the high country, and spending time with her grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Prologue 7

Chapter 1 The Special Place 9

Chapter 2 The Elirians 26

Chapter 3 Return 44

Chapter 4 Now What? 63

Chapter 5 In a Young Body 70

Chapter 6 Choice 96

Chapter 7 Zachary 105

Chapter 8 Sweet and Bitter 122

Chapter 9 The Way Home 152

Chapter 10 Birthday 168

Chapter 11 Rescue 181

Chapter 12 The Fold in Time 199

Chapter 13 Lenny 223

Epilogue 236

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