Mary Lou Sanelli will visit Eagle Harbor Book Company at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20 to discuss her new novel, “The Star Struck Dance Studio of Yucca Springs,” accompanied by special guest dancers.

Sanelli — an author, speaker, and dance teacher — has published seven collections of poetry and three works of non-fiction, though this is her first novel.

When the aging ballet mistress of The Star Struck Dance Studio of Yucca Springs passes the teaching baton to Lucy, she accepts, along with her friend Richard Myers, tap-extraordinaire, who helps run the daily operations of the studio. Tensions rise after Richard and their only African American student are brutally attacked, and Lucy and Richard soon discover just how much prejudice exists in a seemingly innocent landscape.

What becomes crystal clear for both friends is that the only way to beat back fear, for a dancer, is by dancing.

Visit www.eagleharborbooks.com to learn more.