An Unchoreographed Life

At six years old, Belinda Brabbage has amassed a wealth of wisdom and secret worries. She knows all the best hiding places in her Worlds End flat, how to zap monsters with her pig-shaped torch and that she must beware of strangers. Even so, it's impossible to know how to behave when you don't really understand who you are, and Mummy doesn't like to be plagued with questions about her family. Exhausted single mother Alison hasn't been able to picture the future for some time. Struggling from day to day, the ultimatums she sets herself slip by. But there is one time-bomb she cannot ignore. Belinda is growing up. Having stumbled across Alison's portfolio that mapped her life as a prima ballerina, her daughter already has a clearer idea of who she once was. Soon Belinda will be able to work out for herself who she is – and what she does for a living.