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The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven
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The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson Hardcover - 2022

by Copeland, Misty

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  • Title The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson
  • Author Copeland, Misty
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grand Central Publishing
  • Date 2022-11-15
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 31URM800COEK_ns
  • ISBN 9781538753859 / 1538753855
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 6.29 x 0.89 in (23.22 x 15.98 x 2.26 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Ballerinas, Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2022026199
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 10/15/2022, Page 20
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2022, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2022, Page 109
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 06/01/2022, Page 13
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/29/2022, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 01/06/2023, Page 0

About the author

Misty Copeland is a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre and the author of the New York Times bestsellers Life in Motion, Ballerina Body, Black Ballerinas, and the children's picture book Bunheads, as well as the award-winning children's book, Firebird. She made her Broadway debut in 2015's On the Town, putting a show that had reportedly been suffering financially for months into the Broadway box office top ten for the two weeks that she guest starred as Ivy Smith. She's been featured in the New York Times and on CBS Sunday Morning and 60 Minutes, and she was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year and Time magazine's 100 most influential people. Misty is the recipient of the Young, Gifted & Black Honor at the Black Girls Rock! Awards and the Spingarn Medal, the NAACP's highest honor.