{"product_id":"9780718041540_the-ringmasters-wife","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","brand":"Kristy Cambron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40702348656689,"sku":"9780718041540","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9780718041540.jpg?v=1780471181","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9780718041540_the-ringmasters-wife","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}