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In the final weeks of 1938, in the shadow of Kristallnacht and imminent war, a heartsick Italian maestro wrote a love song called Tu Solamente Tu.
Its lyrics lamented his forced separation from his wife, the Hungarian ballerina Margit Wolf, in the wake of Mussolinis edict banishing foreign Jews from Italy. The song, first recorded by Vittorio de Sica in 1939, catapulted to the top of the Hit Parade and earned its composer the moniker the Italian Cole Porter. The German version, Du Immer Wieder Du, would be performed by Zarah Leander, the foremost film star of the German Reich, and its English counterpart, You, Fascinating You, by the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band.
Twenty-two years would pass before the maestro and his ballerina again met face-to-face.

You, Fascinating You begins as a backstage romance and ends as an epic triumph of the human spirit.

Acclaim for You, Fascinating You:

A love story reminiscent of that of my grandparents. I could not put it down. -Kinga Nijinsky Gaspers

Germaine Shames beautiful depiction of the life of Margit Wolf and Pasquale Frustaci is told with such vivid and haunting detail, its as if the reader is propelled back in time to witness a devastating journey of shattered dreams, juxtaposed with the strength and courage of the human heart. A tragic story, beautifully written. - Susan Jaffe, Americas quintessential ballerina

The epic drama expected on the ballet stage is dwarfed by the tragic real life events of her ballerina heroine, Margit Wolf. Penetrating descriptions of political brutality and the prepossession of romantic love, an ever present theme in classical ballet, make for a page-turning, impelling read. -Janet Panetta, Ballet Master Tanztheater Pina Bausch

An epic story and a true story. Margit Wolfs life is the kind of character journey that makes for great movies. -Howard Allen, the Script Doctor

Shames faithful, carefully researched portrayal of Wolfs blindness and historys cruelty makes this a compelling read. -Elizabeth Evans, author of The Blue Hour

Shames captures the essence of a ballerina with such expertise in her riveting story. Dancers succeed by creating beauty from effort; this book, too, shows that exquisite art can be made from historys hardships. - Elana Altman, soloist dancer, San Francisco Ballet

They say love is blind, and so is a ballerinas resolve - in You, Fascinating You Germaine has captured both. - Georgia Reed, actress and dancer

Compelling, heart-wrenching, and heroic. - Jim Bencivenga

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You, Fascinating You begins as a backstage romance and ends as an epic triumph of the human spirit.

Acclaim for You, Fascinating You:

"A love story reminiscent of that of my grandparents. I could not put it down." -Kinga Nijinsky Gaspers

"The epic drama expected on the ballet stage is dwarfed by the tragic real life events of her ballerina heroine, Margit Wolf. Penetrating descriptions of political brutality and the prepossession of romantic love, an ever present theme in classical ballet, make for a page-turning, impelling read." -Janet Panetta, Ballet Master Tanztheater Pina Bausch

"An epic story and a true story. Margit Wolfs life is the kind of character journey that makes for great movies." -Howard Allen, "the Script Doctor"

"Shames faithful, carefully researched portrayal of Wolfs blindness and historys cruelty makes this a compelling read." -Elizabeth Evans, author of The Blue Hour

They say love is blind, and so is a ballerinas resolve - in You, Fascinating You Germaine has captured both. - Georgia Reed, actress and dancer

Compelling, heart-wrenching, and heroic. - Jim Bencivenga

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