Many may look at this as a fairy tale, clumsy 22 year old Charlie, the daughter of a NYC Chinatown noodlemaker and a Chinese ballerina spends her days as a dishwasher in the restaurant where her father works. She wears clothes given to her by her aunt, and she’s given up trying to find a new job since she always screws it up. Between her job and trying to mother her younger sister (their mother died soon after Lisa was born) she doesn’t do much. She is exhausted from the days on her feet and hands stuck in dishwasher. When sister Lisa convinces her to apply for a job as a receptionist in a dance studio. Of course, she fails at that but the director sees possibilities under the ugly clothes and terrible haircut and invites Charlie to become an instructor. With their help Charlie is slowly transformed into a beautiful, talented dancer. When she and one of her students participate in a dance contest, she finds more than dance she finds love. Great details about growing up with an immigrant father and living in a community where everyone knows what you are up to is interesting