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- Love in the elephant tent : how running away with the circus brought me home / by Cremonesi, Kathleen,author.;
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- Subjects: Cremonesi, Kathleen.; Women circus performers; Women circus performers;
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- The hidden life of Cecily Larson : a novel / by Baker, Ellen,1975-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Now 94 and living a quiet life, Cecily Larson, when her family surprises her with an at-home DNA test, finds the unexpected results not only bringing to light the tragic love story she's kept hidden for decades but also calls into question everything about the family she's raised and claimed as her own.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Circus performers; Family secrets; Genetic genealogy; Older women;
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- The electric woman : a memoir in death-defying acts / by Fontaine, Tessa,author.;
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- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Fontaine, Tessa.; World of Wonders (Sideshow); Sideshows; Circus performers; Women circus performers; Mothers and daughters;
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- Orphans of the carnival / by Birch, Carol,1951-author.;
A life in the spotlight will keep anyone hidden. Julia Pastrana is the singing and dancing marvel from Mexico. She is heralded across nineteenth-century Europe as much for her talent as for her unusual looks. Yet few can see past her freakish appearance to the ambitious woman within.- Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Pastrana, Julia; Carnivals; Circus performers; Man-woman relationships; Sideshows; Women performance artists;
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- Circus of wonders : a novel / by Macneal, Elizabeth,1988-author.;
"An atmospheric and spectacular novel where one woman's life is transformed by the arrival of a Victorian circus of wonders"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Betrayal; Birthmarks; Circus performers; Friendship; Interpersonal relations; Kidnapping victims; Man-woman relationships; Young women;
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- The housekeepers : a novel / by Hay, Alex(Writer),author.;
"Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she's made herself respectable, running the grandest home in Mayfair. The place is packed with treasures, a glittering symbol of wealth and power, but dark secrets lurk in the shadows. When Mrs. King is suddenly dismissed from her position, she recruits an eclectic group of women to join her in revenge: A black market queen out to settle her scores. An actress desperate for a magnificent part. A seamstress dreaming of a better life. And Mrs. King's predecessor, with her own desire for vengeance. Their plan? On the night of the house's highly anticipated costume ball--set to be the most illustrious of the year--they will rob it of its every possession, right under the noses of the distinguished guests and their elusive heiress host. But there's one thing Mrs. King wants even more than money: the truth. And she'll run any risk to get it ... "--- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Balls (Parties); Black market; Circus performers; Housekeepers; Revenge; Robbery; Swindlers and swindling;
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- In Winter I Get Up at Night : A Novel. by Urquhart, Jane.;
From one of the greatest writers of our time comes a profound and moving novel of an unforgettable life. In the early morning dark, Emer McConnell rises for a day of teaching music in the schools of rural Saskatchewan. While she travels the snowy roads in the gathering light, she begins another journey, one of recollection and introspection, and one that, through the course of Jane Urquharts brilliant new novel, which Emer narrates, will leave the reader forever changed. Moving as effortlessly through time as the drift of memory itself, In Winter I Get Up at Night brings Emer and her singular story to life. At the age of 11, she is terribly injured in an enormous prairie stormthe great wind that shifts her trajectory forever. As she recovers, separated from her family in a childrens ward, Emer gets to know her fellow patients, a memorable group including, among others, a child performer who stars in a travelling circus, the daughter of Dukhobor community, the son of a leftist Jewish farm collective. The children are tended to by three Nursing Sisters and two doctors, who the ever-imaginative Emer comes to call Doctor Angel and Doctor Carpenter. Emers tale grows outwards from that ward, reaching through time and space in a dreamlike fashion, recounting the stories of her mothers entanglement with a powerful yet mysterious teacher, her brothers dawning spirituality, which eventually leads him to the priesthood, the remarkable lives of the nuns who care for her, and the passionate yet distant love affair of Emer and an enigmatic man she calls Harp, after Harpocrates, a Hellenistic God of secrecy and silencea brilliant scientist whose great discovery has forever altered millions of lives around the world.Library Bound Incorporated- Subjects: FICTION / Family Life / General; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Women;
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