Pauline, Posy and Petrova Fossile are three orphans who, adopted by a mysterious benefactor, live together in a large London house. They are like sisters, but they could not be more different from one another: Pauline is blonde, has blue eyes and loves the theatre. Posy has a thick mane of red hair and her passion is dance. Petrova is pale and petite, and thinks only about airplanes and the mechanics that make them fly: above all else, she hates the idea of having to step onto a stage. When financial problems appear on the horizon for the Fossile sisters, they have no choice but to join forces to find a solution. And the solution, apparently, does not consist only in renting out a few rooms in their house, but in becoming the new stars of the London theatrical world. They do not know where to begin, and they are certainly a little afraid. But if there is one thing that characterizes them, it is that they are fiercer than their own hunger. And they are ready for anything to make it together. Dancing Shoes is an essential classic of English literature, about those family bonds so strong that they overcome even the ties of blood.
