Split identities connect over history's span

ICOLA Rayner's The Paris

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NICOLA Rayner's The Paris Dancer is a compelling and emotionally charged work of historical fiction, blending glamour, resistance, and deep personal loss.

Inspired by the true story of a Jewish ballroom dancer in occupied France, it's a dual-timeline novel that explores the legacy of courage and the long shadow of war.

The novel opens in 1938, as Annie Mayer arrives in Paris hoping to become a ballerina.

A Jewish immigrant, she finds a job dancing at the Bal Tabarin, a glittering Parisian cabaret full of sequins and cigarette smoke.