It Takes Two

Launching of Patrizia Chen's new book It Takes Two (Scribner, 2009). Introduced by Jane Kramer (The New Yorker). Reading by the author. With a tango performance by the author and Dardo Galletto (New Generation Dance Company) Projection of photographs relating to Tango by Andrea Tese.

In It Takes Two, Francesca Rivabuona is fifty and exhausted by the monotony of her life. Stuck in a stale marriage with grown children who have long since fled the coop, and desperate to escape the endless cycle of Upper East Side dinner parties and charity luncheons, she jumps at the chance to write an article about Buenos Aires for a glossy travel magazine.

It Takes Two is simultaneously a tale about a middle-aged woman taking a stand against the disappointments of her life and a sexy, fast-paced, entertaining novel about the ecstasy of tango dancing.

Patrizia Chen was born in Livorno, Italy. New York City has been her home since 1988 and is where she raised her now grown children. A multi-lingual world traveler she has managed to go almost everywhere in the world, spending long periods in Asia. When not at home in New York or traveling, she visits Buenos Aires, a city where she can indulge her love of tango and great food. She writes about tango for several international publications and her new book, IT TAKES TWO borrows on her knowledge of and passion for dance.

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