AshBooks Review for The Sugarless Plum by Zippora Karz:

Karz’s memoir is a powerful story about a dancer who suffers from diabetes and with great passion and courage and thrives to demonstrate her talent.

The writing is very descriptive as she speaks out, explaining exactly how her emotions took over during her dancing. How she felt physically and mentally, including great detail on how she would keep pushing herself even when she felt faint or dizzy. The courage of this brave young lady shines through and you almost feel involved with her emotion.

How Karz felt was a key element running through the book. It wasn’t just “this is my story, hope you enjoy.” No, it was “First this happened. It looked like this, it felt like this, it smelled and tasted like this. Then this happened!”

This inspirational book demonstrates the ability to achieve dreams even if you do have a disability. It would be especially appealing to dancers themselves but also appeals to a wider audience as the story is just so beautifully written.

There are no scenes of sexual nature in the book and the language is very clean. Suitable for 12+.

User Submitted Reviews:

“Would a non-dancer relate to this book? Yes I believe they would. Maybe they wouldn’t have the same respect for what she went through as I do, but they would still relate” – reviewed by Hayley

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