{"product_id":"the-ringmasters-wife-9780718041540","title":"The Ringmaster's Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn ounce of courage.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA leap of faith.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTogether, they propel two young women to chase a new life--one that's reimagined from what they might have become.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn turn-of-the-century America, a young girl dreams of a world that stretches beyond the confi nes of a quiet life on the family farm. With little more than her wit and a cigar box of treasures, Mable steps away from all she knows, seeking the limitless marvels of the Chicago World's Fair. There, a chance encounter triggers her destiny--a life with a famed showman by the name of John Ringling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quarter of a century later, Lady Rosamund Easling boards a ship to America as a last adventure before her arranged marriage. There, the twenties are roaring, and the rich and famous gather at opulent, Gatsby-esque parties. The Jazz Age has arrived, and with it, the golden era of the American circus, whose queen is none other than the enigmatic Mable Ringling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rosamund's path crosses with Mable's and the Ringlings' glittering world, she makes the life-altering decision to leave behind a comfortable future of estates and propriety, choosing instead the nomadic life of a trick rider in the Ringling Brothers' circus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel that is at once captivating, deeply poignant, and swirling with exquisite historical details of a bygone world, \u003cem\u003eThe Ringmaster's Wife \u003c\/em\u003ewill escort readers into the center ring, with its bright lights, exotic animals, and a dazzling performance that can only be described as the Greatest Show on Earth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vibrant with the glamour and awe that flourished under the Big Top in the 1920s, \u003cem\u003eThe Ringmaster's Wife \u003c\/em\u003einvites the reader  into] the Greatest Show on Earth.\" --Joanne Bischof, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Lady and the Lionheart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780718041540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2016 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kristy Cambron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36640708001948,"sku":"9780718041540","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4faf1ccc-1bd1-4204-a7b7-ccd03c0a420b.jpg?v=1603852591","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ringmasters-wife-9780718041540","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}