{"product_id":"the-life-she-was-given-a-moving-and-emotional-saga-of-family-and-resilient-women-paperback","title":"The Life She Was Given: A Moving and Emotional Saga of Family and Resilient Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Marie Wiseman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore We Were Yours\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eWater for Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Ellen Marie Wiseman's vivid, daring, emotional 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than two decades later, nineteen-year-old Julia Blackwood inherits her parents' estate. For Julia, home was an unhappy place full of rules and forbidden rooms. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt first, The Barlow Brothers' Circus is just another prison for Lilly. But in this rag-tag, sometimes brutal world, Lilly discovers strength, friendship, and a rare affinity for animals. Thanks to elephants Pepper and JoJo, and their handler, Cole, Lilly is no longer a spectacle but the circus's biggest attraction . . . until tragedy and cruelty collide. It will fall to Julia to uncover Lilly's fate and her family's shocking betrayal, and somehow make Blackwood Manor a place of healing at last. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving between Julia and Lilly's stories, Ellen Marie Wiseman portrays two extraordinary, very different women in a novel that is tender, heart wrenching, and hopeful.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Marie Wiseman\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the highly acclaimed historical fiction novels \u003ci\u003eThe Orphan Collector, What She Left Behind, The Plum Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCoal River, The Life She Was Given, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Girls of Willowbrook. \u003c\/i\u003eBorn and raised in Three Mile Bay, a tiny hamlet in northern New York, she's a first-generation German American who discovered her love of reading and writing while attending first grade in one of the last one-room schoolhouses in New York State. Since then, more than one million copies of her books have been sold in the United States. Her novels have been published worldwide, translated into twenty languages, and named to \"Best Of\" lists by Reading Group Choices, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping, \u003c\/i\u003eGoodreads, The Historical Novel Society, Great Group Reads, and more. A mother of two, Ellen lives on the shores of Lake Ontario with her husband and dog. Visit her online at EllenMarieWiseman.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378678755430,"sku":"9781496749864","price":26.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/8T-Q53BHUT9781496749864.webp?v=1768907600","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-life-she-was-given-a-moving-and-emotional-saga-of-family-and-resilient-women-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}