Dance Sisters

Dance Sisters, Alan Clay, ArtMedia, 1997

The Dance Sisters are a female singing and dancing duo, recently expanded into a trio. They are in the running for an Australasian Song Award, and are practicing hard for their performance on awards night. But Pearl, the leader, has ended a relationship with Moana, the other original member, and has become involved with a cult that deals in things like astrology, group sex and virtual dreaming. Pearl begins to attach more importance to the cult than to the Dance Sisters, very much threatening their chances at the Song Awards. The pressures on the trio are explored from the point of view of Eva, the third member, as possibly the biggest night in their careers comes ever closer.

This is quite an enjoyable read. It's convincingly written, and the characters are real people, too. It's a story of friendship and camaraderie, but also a story of the impact of technology on society and is well worth reading.