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The Life She Was Given

โœ Scribed by Wiseman, Ellen Marie

Book ID
109937156
Publisher
Kensington
Year
2017
Tongue
English
Weight
198 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781617734502

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โœฆ Synopsis

From acclaimed author Ellen Marie Wiseman comes a vivid, daring novel about the devastating power of family secrets --beginning in the poignant, lurid world of a Depression-era traveling circus and coming full circle in the transformative 1950s.
On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn't allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She's never even ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists it's for Lilly's own protection, that people would be afraid if they saw her. But on this unforgettable night, Lilly is taken outside for the first time--and sold to the circus sideshow.
More than two decades later, nineteen-year-old Julia Blackwood has inherited her parents' estate and horse farm. For Julia, home was an unhappy place full of strict rules and forbidden rooms, and she hopes that returning might erase those painful memories. Instead, she becomes immersed in a...

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