The life she was given / Ellen Marie Wiseman.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: viii, 356 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781617734496 (paperback); 1617734497 (paperback)Subject(s): Inheritance and succession -- Fiction | Circus performers -- Fiction | Sideshows -- Fiction | Circus -- Fiction | Dysfunctional families -- Fiction | Child abuse -- Fiction | Animal welfare -- Fiction | FICTION -- Coming of Age | FICTION -- Historical | FICTION -- Psychological | Child abuse | Circus | Circus performers | Dysfunctional families | Inheritance and succession | SideshowsGenre/Form: Bildungsromans. | Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Mystery fiction. | Bildungsromans. | Historical fiction. | Mystery fiction. DDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3623.I833 | L54 2017bSummary: "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 mystery involving a hidden attic room and photos of circus scenes featuring a striking young girl ... It will fall to Julia to learn the truth about Lilly's fate and her family's shocking betrayal, and find a way to make Blackwood Manor into a place of healing at last."--Jacket.
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"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 mystery involving a hidden attic room and photos of circus scenes featuring a striking young girl ... It will fall to Julia to learn the truth about Lilly's fate and her family's shocking betrayal, and find a way to make Blackwood Manor into a place of healing at last."--Jacket.
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