01955cam a2200289 4500 295917738 TxAuBib 20100106120000.0 970904s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97031627 9780679457558 acid-free paper $23.00 0679457550 acid-free paper $23.00 TxAuBib Hamilton, Jane, 1957 July 13- The short history of a prince [BOOK] : a novel / Jane Hamilton. First edition. New York : Random House, 1998. 349 pages ; 25 cm. "Introduced as a child to the genius of Balanchine and the lyricism of Tchaikovsky by his stern but cultured aunt Sue Rawson, Walter has dreamed of growing up to shine in the role of the Prince in The Nutcracker. But as Walter struggles with the limits of his own talent and faces the knowledge that Mitch and Susan, his more gifted friends, have already surpassed him, Daniel, his older brother, awakens one morning with a strange lump on his neck that leads to fearful consequences--and to Walter's realization that a happy family, and a son's place in it, can tragically change overnight. The year that follows will in fact transform the lives not only of the McClouds but also of Susan, who becomes deeply involved with the sick Daniel, and Mitch, the handsome and supremely talented dancer with whom Walter is desperately in love. Into this absorbing narrative Hamilton weaves a place of almost mythical healing, the family's summer home at Lake Margaret, Wisconsin, where for generations the clan has gathered on both happy and unhappy occasions.". 20100106. Ballet dancers Fiction. Brothers Fiction. Families Fiction. Gay men Fiction. Wisconsin Fiction. Domestic fiction.