Gloria's ambitions to dance professionally require leaving home and family to perform, which is painful but ultimately worth it. Gloria had always been so sure that she would be a ballet dancer that she could hardly take in what her father was saying. "You'll be graduating soon and it's time you thought about what you'll do. We can't send you to college, and with money so tied up you'll have to give up your dancing lessons. After all, dancing isn't anything to take so seriously." Not take dancing seriously? Why, it meant everything in the world to her! But she had to face the facts, and the facts were that there was not much money, Phil was sick, and expenses were heavy. So she got a job and tried hard not to think about dancing. Uncle Dimitri knew what was going on. He saw how unhappy Gloria really was. When a chance came to try out for a musical show that would go into production in the summer, he encouraged her to try. Her failure to make the grade was really the turning point in her life, even though it hurt her pride when it happened. A good job gave her enough money to take more dancing lessons. There was even some time, Gloria found, for boys. Glen thought he was in love with her, but Douglas Gardiner, the dancer and choreographer, was her inspiration as well as her love. He and other friends gave her the courage to keep trying. With perseverance success would come, as it did come finally to Gloria, who had always been sure she would be a ballet dancer. An exciting story about a girl who had the courage to dream high and the will to work hard for the fulfillment of a glamorous career. A Career Romance for Young Moderns.