Home of the American Circus: A Novel by Allison Larkin books the linked stories in Jonathan

the linked stories in Jonathan Escoffery’s If I Survive You center on Trelawny as he struggles to carve out a place for himself amid financial disaster

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a grieving woman develops unlikely connections with the community and the wild in this haunting novel of hope and perseverance from debut author Jessica Bryant Klagmann

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Home of the American Circus: A Novel by Allison Larkin books the linked stories in JonathanAfter an emergency leaves her short on rent, thirty year old Freya Arnalds bails on her lackluster life as bartender in Maine and returns to her suburban hometown of Somers, New York, to live in the house she inherited from her estranged parents. Despite attempts to lay low, Freya encounters childhood friends, familial enemies, and old flamesas well as her fifteen year old niece, Aubrey, who is secretly living in the derelict home. As they reconnect,