02738cam a2200517 i 4500 1846607932 TxAuBib 20211212120000.0 171027s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017288951 9781617734496 paperback 1617734497 paperback (OCoLC)962008265 YDX eng YDX rda BTCTA BDX OCLCQ HQD VTL OCLCO ORX CHY KTP JBL ZHB LEB IGA IUK TXKYL OCJ OCLCO PFLCL WIMVL IMD OCLCF VP@ OCL GZD SINLB GZD OCLCQ OCL DLC TLC rda TxAuBib rda Wiseman, Ellen Marie, author. The life she was given / Ellen Marie Wiseman. New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2017. ©2017. viii, 356 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes reading group guide. "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. 20211212. Inheritance and succession Fiction. Inheritance and succession. Circus performers Fiction. Circus performers. Sideshows Fiction. Sideshows. Circus Fiction. Circus. Dysfunctional families Fiction. Dysfunctional families. Child abuse Fiction. Child abuse. Animal welfare Fiction. FICTION Coming of Age. FICTION Historical. FICTION Psychological. Fiction. Mystery fiction. Coming of age fiction. Historical fiction.