Orphans Of The Carnival

Author : Carol Birch
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385541538
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orphans of the Carnival written by Carol Birch and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning work of historical fiction, the Booker Prize–nominated author of Jamrach’s Menagerie reimagines the incredible true story of Julia Pastrana, a woman branded a freak at birth. Although she was pronounced by the most eminent physician of the day to be “a true hybrid wherein the nature of woman presides over that of the brute,” Julia was fluent in English, French, and Spanish, and an accomplished musician with an exquisite singing voice. Alternately vilified and celebrated, all she wanted was for people to see beyond her hairy visage—and perhaps, the chance for love. When Julia meets a charming showman who catapults her onto the global stage, she believes that she has found true happiness at last. But the question of whether her lover truly cares for her—or if his management is just a new form of exploitation—lingers heavily. A deeply moving novel, in Orphans of the Carnival Carol Birch has crafted a haunting examination of how we define ourselves and, ultimately, of what it means to be human.

Author : Pam Jenoff
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1460396421
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Orphan's Tale written by Pam Jenoff and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look for Pam Jenoff’s new novel, The Woman with the Blue Star, an unforgettable story of courage and friendship during wartime. A New York Times bestseller! “Readers who enjoyed Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale and Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants will embrace this novel. “ —Library Journal “Secrets, lies, treachery, and passion…. I read this novel in a headlong rush.” —Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan’s Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival. Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep… When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies and flees into the snowy night. Noa finds refuge with a German circus, but she must learn the flying trapeze act so she can blend in undetected, spurning the resentment of the lead aerialist, Astrid. At first rivals, Noa and Astrid soon forge a powerful bond. But as the facade that protects them proves increasingly tenuous, Noa and Astrid must decide whether their friendship is enough to save one another—or if the secrets that burn between them will destroy everything. Don’t miss Pam Jenoff’s new novel, Code Name Sapphire, a riveting tale of bravery and resistance during World War II. Read these other sweeping epics from New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff: The Woman with the Blue Star The Lost Girls of Paris The Ambassador’s Daughter The Diplomat’s Wife The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach The Kommandant’s Girl The Winter Guest

Author : Lauren Kate
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735212589
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Orphan's Song written by Lauren Kate and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical adult debut novel by # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate, The Orphan's Song is a breathtaking story of passion, heartbreak, and betrayal, and a celebration of the enduring nature and transformative power of love. "A tangled knot of betrayal and love, lies and redemption. Marvelous." --Fiona Davis, author of The Address A song brought them together. A secret will tear them apart. When Violetta and Mino meet, one finds true love and the other denies it. Both orphans at the Hospital of the Incurables in Venice, an orphanage and music conservatory, they meet and make music together clandestinely until Violetta is selected for the Incurables' renowned chorus. In order to join she signs an oath never to sing beyond the church doors, effectively sequestering herself for life. Mino flees, heartbroken. Too late, Violetta realizes what she has lost. In rebellion she begins a dangerous and forbidden nightlife, unknowingly drawing closer to Mino as he searches Venice for his long-lost mother. Mino and Violetta must each journey through passion, heartache, and betrayal before a dangerous secret reunites them, leading to a shocking and final confrontation.

Author : Sarah Courtauld
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250052777
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buckle and Squash written by Sarah Courtauld and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliza must rescue her sister Lavender who got tired of waiting around for her prince.

Author : Lemony Snicket
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780439554886
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Carnivorous Carnival written by Lemony Snicket and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.

Author : Michele Torrey
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
ISBN 13 : 145490397X
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Case of the Crooked Carnival written by Michele Torrey and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science super-sleuths Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey are back—this time in a never-before-published addition to the popular series! They’ve got an exciting collection of cases, too: Are ghosts and ghouls keeping Edgar Glum awake? Have aliens invaded Mossy Swamp? What’s the crooked game everyone’s losing at the carnival? And why is the town bridge going bananas? Kids will have fun following the clues—and learning about such real scientific principles as amplification, ecosystems, magnetic fields, and more. Plus, budding Doyles and Fosseys will find actual experiments to try!

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1524740217
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carol Birch
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443405183
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jamrach's Menagerie written by Carol Birch and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1857. Meet Jaf, a young street urchin who survives an encounter with an escaped tiger in the city’s East End and stumbles into a job with its owner, Mr. Jamrach, a collector and seller of wild animals. Commissioned by Jamrach to find and capture a mysterious, exotic creature, Jaf joins a whaling ship bound for the South Seas and begins a wonder-filled voyage of discovery. But when disaster befalls the crew, Jaf ’s journey becomes a desperate survival tale that pushes love, friendship and humanity to their outermost limits. Beautifully written and utterly spellbinding, Jamrach’s Menagerie conjures the smells, sights and flavours of the 19th century, from the squalor of Victorian London to the lush islands of the Dutch East Indies. A great, salty, historical adventure, with an extraordinary story of love and sacrifice at its core, this is an astonishing literary achievement.

Author : Jane Nicholas
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487515758
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900-1970s written by Jane Nicholas and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1973, a five year old girl known as Pookie was exhibited as "The Monkey Girl" at the Canadian National Exhibition. Pookie was the last of a number of children exhibited as 'freaks' in twentieth-century Canada. Jane Nicholas takes us on a search for answers about how and why the freak show persisted into the 1970s. In Canadian Carnival Freaks and the Extraordinary Body, 1900–1970s, Nicholas offers a sophisticated analysis of the place of the freak show in twentieth-century culture. Freak shows survived and thrived because of their flexible business model, government support, and by mobilizing cultural and medical ideas of the body and normalcy. This book is the first full length study of the freak show in Canada and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the history of Canadian popular culture, attitudes toward children, and the social construction of able-bodiness. Based on an impressive research foundation, the book will be of particular interest to anyone interested in the history of disability, the history of childhood, and the history of consumer culture.

Author : Lemony Snicket
Publisher : Harpercollins
ISBN 13 : 9780060296407
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Series of Unfortunate Events #9: The Carnivorous Carnival written by Lemony Snicket and published by Harpercollins. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.