The girls come from very different backgrounds – Pauline has been rescued from a sinking cruise ship, Petrova is a Russian orphan and Posy is the daughter of a dancer who is unable to care for her. Once they are twelve they are able to earn money for performances which helps with the household expenses Pauline, Petrova and Posy start classes at the school and we follow their progress as they learn how to dance, act and take language lessons. The family take in several boarders, including Theo who teaches at The Children’s Academy of Dancing and Stage Training. After leaving Posy, Gum goes off on his adventures and as the years go by money becomes tight. Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil grow up under the care of GUM’s great niece, Sylvia, and her Nana. The Story: Great Uncle Matthew (GUM), a fossil collector, returns from his travels on three separate occasions with three baby girls. Rereading it again as an adult was also wonderful, it has lost none of its original magic. Soon afterwards I read the book and loved it. I was completely drawn into the story of the Fossil sisters, three orphans growing up in London in the 1930s. My first memory of Ballet Shoes is watching it on a Sunday evening as a child.
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