Wendy Golding

See what it’s like to live a little bit!

See what it’s like to live a little bit by Wendy E. Golding When she was younger, all her dance teachers called Irma ‘Duchess’ after a famous ballerina. With Italian and eastern European family ties, Irma had similar features and background to the ballerina and she too had progressed into a successful ballet dancer, travelling the world and meeting the rich and famous. She had also married well. The name stayed with her and her closest friends took to calling her ‘Duchess.’