Jason Ollander-Krane

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

A Novel of Life, Love and New Jersey

midway, luring people into the lascivious pleasures of the sideshow tent. As he enters old age, his daughter convinces him to move to an assisted living facility. Brendan chooses to live out his final years with his kind of people-in the New Jersey Home for Retired Circus and Carnival Performers. One day he gets an idea. He puts a sign over the coffee maker in the clubroom, asking to collect the detailed life stories of the other residents of the Home. This captivating and magical novel presents those stories-plus his own-as only Brendan can tell them. The sweeping novel springs to life in New Jersey, of course, along with settings as diverse as 1880s Brooklyn, 1920s Mississippi, 1940s Detroit, 1950s New York City, a west-bound wagon train, exotic Havana, pre-revolution Kiev, and Washington DC on the eve of The Great War. It mixes historical events with brilliantly observed characters, both fictional and real. Brendan's storytelling ranges from laugh-out-loud funny to magically fantastic to heartbreaking. And it all leads to an unexpected, punch-in-the-throat ending.This hard-to-put-down novel brims with lively, intriguing characters you will enjoy getting close to. They are good people. Yet, they base their lives in illusion to survive, holding secrets close to their chest until forced to turn to action. Each action presents a turn, often a sharp one, in their life story. Their lies, fictions, half-truths, and flights of fancy have consequences large and small. The novel asks readers to consider the role of make-believe, illusion, and deception in their lives. If your life is grounded in illusion- who are you? When you play a character, where do you end and the character begins? If you tell a lie to change your life for the better- is that wrong?If you enjoyed the rousing pace of Gower's The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, the spirited characters in Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, the literary sweep of Doctorow's Ragtime, the antic world of Dickens's The Pickwick Papers, it's time you come home to the circus, too. Pick up Circus Home today!

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Category - Non Fiction / General Nonfiction

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