Book
Love in the elephant tent : how running away with the circus brought me home / Kathleen Cremonesi.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781770412521 (bound) :
- Physical Description: 390 pages : illustrations (come colour) ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : ECW Press, 2015.
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| Subject: | Cremonesi, Kathleen. Women circus performers > Mediterranean Region > Biography. Women circus performers > United States > Biography. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 791.3092 Cremo | 31681002501591 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The author recalls how, as a young woman, she left Oregon to travel across Europe and ended up joining an Italian circus, where she worked her way up from a dancer to a showgirl working with exotic animals, and bonded with a sexy elephant keeper named Stefano. - Baker & Taylor
Describes how the author fled a conventional life by joining the circus as an animal tamer, revealing how her days of traveling and working with dangerous exotic creatures brought peace and love into her life. A first book. - Bookmasters
If you live life without a net, what happens when you fall?Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different. Determined to avoid following in her motherâs footsteps to an ill-fated marriage, Kathleen left Oregon in her early 20s to travel across Europe. On a whim, this former administrative assistant with wanderlust took a job as a dancer in an Italian circus and, working her way up, became an ostrich-riding, shark-taming showgirl.Kathleen bonds with the exotic animals that could strike and kill at any moment, but instead bring her a peace she has never known. And when she stumbles into the arms of Stefano, the sexy elephant keeper, she finds a man who understands her wild spirit.With thrilling prose and vivid descriptions, Kathleen takes the reader around the Mediterranean, where she discovers unexpected friends and learns how to cook, forgive, and love â across language barriers. - Bookmasters
Following the Grateful Dead from concert to concert in a VW van to falling in love with an elephant trainer in Spain, riding an ostrich to swimming with sharks in Italy, this is a descriptive and entertaining account of an incredible life. - Perseus Publishing
If you live life without a net, what happens when you fall?
Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different. Determined to avoid following in her motherâs footsteps to an ill-fated marriage, Kathleen left Oregon in her early 20s to travel across Europe. On a whim, this former administrative assistant with wanderlust took a job as a dancer in an Italian circus and, working her way up, became an ostrich-riding, shark-taming showgirl.
Kathleen bonds with the exotic animals that could strike and kill at any moment, but instead bring her a peace she has never known. And when she stumbles into the arms of Stefano, the sexy elephant keeper, she finds a man who understands her wild spirit.
With thrilling prose and vivid descriptions, Kathleen takes the reader around the Mediterranean, where she discovers unexpected friends and learns how to cook, forgive, and love â across language barriers.
AWARDS
GOLD, Autobiography/Memoir, 2016 IPPY Awards - Simon and Schuster
If you live life without a net, what happens when you fall?
Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different. Determined to avoid following in her motherâs footsteps to an ill-fated marriage, Kathleen left Oregon in her early 20s to travel across Europe. On a whim, this former administrative assistant with wanderlust took a job as a dancer in an Italian circus and, working her way up, became an ostrich-riding, shark-taming showgirl.
Kathleen bonds with the exotic animals that could strike and kill at any moment, but instead bring her a peace she has never known. And when she stumbles into the arms of Stefano, the sexy elephant keeper, she finds a man who understands her wild spirit.
With thrilling prose and vivid descriptions, Kathleen takes the reader around the Mediterranean, where she discovers unexpected friends and learns how to cook, forgive, and love â across language barriers.
