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The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson: A Multigenerational Circus Drama
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The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson: A Multigenerational Circus Drama

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    Acceptable: A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. ...
    Release Year
    2024
    ISBN
    9780063351196
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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    HarperCollins
    ISBN-10
    0063351196
    ISBN-13
    9780063351196
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    11060715464

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Hidden Life of Cecily Larson : a Novel
    Number of Pages
    384 Pages
    Language
    English
    Topic
    Contemporary Women, Family Life, Historical
    Publication Year
    2024
    Genre
    Fiction
    Author
    Ellen Baker
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1 in
    Item Weight
    18 Oz
    Item Length
    9.3 in
    Item Width
    6.3 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    Dewey Edition
    23
    TitleLeading
    The
    Reviews
    "An author who knows how to keep us turning the pages." -- Chicago Tribune "Ellen Baker's first novel, Keeping the House, is a quilt that grids a small Midwestern town in the middle of the last century. Under this writer's deft hands, each square is a story, a mystery, an indiscretion, a tale of the great house and grand family who once ruled there. Even more, it captures the roles of women then: both the living embodiments of demure ideals, and those who couldn't fit the pattern. Edith Wharton's novels of domestic despair and display come to mind with each page." -- Jacquelyn Mitchard "Ellen Baker's first novel is a wonder! Keeping the House is a great big juicy family saga, a romantic page-turner with genuine characters written with a perfect sense of history, time, and place. Her portrayal of the American housewife is hilarious and heartbreaking. I couldn't have liked it more!" -- Fannie Flagg "Brimming with luscious details that authenticate the story's various time periods, from early to mid-twentieth century, Baker's accomplished, ambitious debut novel is a majestic, vibrant multigenerational saga in the finest tradition of the genre." -- Booklist on Keeping the House "American fiction just doesn't get any better than this." -- Buffalo News on Keeping the House
    Dewey Decimal
    813.6
    Synopsis
    "A family secret, a DNA test, a journey as rich and colorful as the early-day circus itself. Through Cecily Larson's hidden life, Ellen Baker tenderly examines personal determination, lost love, family ties, and our innate need to discover our own truth." -- Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours and Before and After Orphan Train meets Before We Were Yours meets Water for Elephants in this compelling multigenerational novel of survival, love, and the families we make. In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson's mother reluctantly drops her off at an orphanage in Chicago, promising to be back once she's made enough money to support both Cecily and herself. But she never returns, and shortly after high-spirited Cecily turns seven, she is sold to a traveling circus to perform as the "little sister" to glamorous bareback rider Isabelle DuMonde. With Isabelle and the rest of the circus, Cecily finally feels she's found the family she craves. But as the years go by, the cracks in her little world begin to show. And when teenage Cecily meets and falls in love with a young roustabout named Lucky, she finds her life thrown onto an entirely unexpected--and dangerous--course. In 2015, Cecily is now 94 and living a quiet life in Minnesota, with her daughter, granddaughter, and great-grandson. But when her family decides to surprise her with an at-home DNA test, the unexpected results not only bring to light the tragic love story that Cecily has kept hidden for decades but also throw into question everything about the family she's raised and claimed as her own for nearly seventy years. Cecily and everyone in her life must now decide who they really are and what family--and forgiveness--really mean. Sweeping through a long period of contemporary history, The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson is an immersive, compelling, and entertaining family drama centered around one remarkable woman and her determination to survive.
    LC Classification Number
    PS3602.A5863H5 2024

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