Novel for children by Noel Streatfield
(1895-1986), published in the UK 1936,
which describes the dancing careers of
three adopted children, Pauline, Petrova, and
Posy Fossil, brought up in London by a
wealthy guardian. This story marked the birth
of the career-novel genre, which she
continued in Tennis Shoes 1937 and White
Boots 1951.