I picked the perfect time of year to finally read this book by Indiana author Cathy Day. "The Circus in Winter" has been on my shelf for years (and I regret to say I've missed opportunities to hear Day read very nearby at least a couple times recently), but at final, I picked this up at just the right time of twelvemonth -- the cozy months when information technology's all-time to curl upwardly with a skillful book and blanket while the snow flies exterior.
Day captures the bleak Indiana winter mural in the in these stories that I picked the perfect fourth dimension of year to finally read this book by Indiana author Cathy Day. "The Circus in Winter" has been on my shelf for years (and I regret to say I've missed opportunities to hear Twenty-four hour period read very nearby at least a couple times recently), but at final, I picked this up at only the right fourth dimension of year -- the cozy months when it'due south best to curl upward with a good volume and blanket while the snowfall flies exterior.
24-hour interval captures the dour Indiana wintertime landscape in the in these stories that are at times as as cold and disheartening every bit the weather we've been enjoying, simply they are so rich and well-articulated, she takes readers on a journeying so tactile, it'southward every bit though you lot're walking amongst the circus people, animal barns and halted railroad cars in north cardinal Indiana equally they rest from a regular touring flavor. The interrelated stories span generations of families who lived in and worked around the fictional Wallace Porter circus in fictional Lima, Indiana. The circus is based on the real Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, which actually did winter in the existent circus town of Peru, Indiana, where Day is from. Some of the stories are based on her family unit members' stories of their days of working in the circus.
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DNF. I am sure this is a very good book. It'southward just non for me. I wanted to read it from reviews and I wanted to similar it but just could not get into it. It's more than like not-fiction than fiction and fiction is what I honey, especially drama. It seemed to me like also many facts and could not begin to care nearly the characters. They were interesting and I'm sure information technology's just me and I would say, don't give up on this book. It's a family unit story. DNF. I am sure this is a very expert book. It'south just not for me. I wanted to read it from reviews and I wanted to like information technology but just could not become into information technology. It's more than like not-fiction than fiction and fiction is what I love, particularly drama. It seemed to me like too many facts and could not begin to intendance virtually the characters. They were interesting and I'm sure it's just me and I would say, don't surrender on this book. Information technology's a family story. ...more than
The Not bad Porter Circus & Menagerie would winter in Lima, IN every year from 1885 to 1939. In this span of 54 years, the circus flourished despite the outbreak of influenza in the jump of 1901, railroad tragedy of 1903 exterior St. Charles where 111 cars are hit from the rear burst into flames 61 men died, inundation of 1913, Spanish flu of 1918, and the great depression of the 30's. The stories and life of the circus people will leave yous in wonder from start to finish. How does one go into the ci
The Bang-up Porter Circus & Menagerie would winter in Lima, IN every twelvemonth from 1885 to 1939. In this span of 54 years, the circus flourished despite the outbreak of influenza in the spring of 1901, railroad tragedy of 1903 outside St. Charles where 111 cars are hitting from the rear burst into flames 61 men died, flood of 1913, Spanish flu of 1918, and the neat depression of the 30'southward. The stories and life of the circus people will leave y'all in wonder from start to finish. How does one get into the circus? How does a person stay? Is there life after the circus? Do the bonds of friendship final a lifetime? What lurks backside the circus smiles portrayed before the oversupply? Take the journey with Wallace Porter the owner of the circus that bears his name. Y'all volition see the roustabouts, acrobatics, pinheads, elephant trainers, a human being cannon ball, and behind the scenes cast of characters. A adept read.
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Porter looked at his shoes. "There are women yes. Simply no ladies."
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Daddy wouldn't never tell me what he really thought of Main Grimm, then that's a secret he took to the grave.
NOBODY ASKS YOU where yous're from until you get out the place y'all're from.
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To be off-white, this review must be prefaced past disclosing a personal preference (possibly a passion, certainly a strong similar) for all things circus. Ok, non all things circus, certainly non the animal cruelty, only most things circus but seem positively magical to me and sparkle accordingly. And then I was predisposed to liking this book and concluded upwards absolutely loving information technology. Taking the write what you know advice, Cathy Day did only that and created a book inspired by her identify of birth, Peru, Indiana or Lim To be fair, this review must be prefaced by disclosing a personal preference (possibly a passion, certainly a strong like) for all things circus. Ok, not all things circus, certainly not the animal cruelty, only most things circus merely seem positively magical to me and sparkle appropriately. Then I was predisposed to liking this book and concluded up absolutely loving it. Taking the write what yous know advice, Cathy Day did just that and created a book inspired by her place of nativity, Peru, Indiana or Lima, Indiana (aptly enough) as it is known in the volume. A small town whose claim to fame (besides being Cole Porter'south birthplace) is serving as a winter quarters of a traveling circus. Day's got circus in her veins, her grand or great grandpa operated one, and so this book is a sort of mish mash of fictionalized accounts of his show and showmen/women and other real live stars. The book follows their lives and those of their children'due south and their children's children, it'due south a multigenerational saga told through interconnected storylines and it works exceptionally well. And no, not just because to me circus is magical, I genuinely enjoyed Day's narrative mode, she'due south got a talent for conveying emotional complexities in a deceptively plain language. The book comes beyond economic and lush at the same time. It's tragic she hasn't written more books, but then again if one must have one it book, this is a swell 1 to accept. And it's understandable, because this is such a personal story, in that location's even a fictionalized Day in the volume, the teacher who leaves Lima only to accept addicted recollections of it. This book reminded me in a mode of Geek Love, if Geek Dearest was a kinder saner volume. And if you don't at all care about an fine art form that is circus, you can still capeesh the descriptions of a quintessential American pocket-size boondocks (with a twist), lives rendered lovingly and realistically and just a generally well done representation of the era, which is to say information technology works very well as historical fiction lone…information technology just has that something extra, the pizzazz of a great show. I admittedly loved this book. And the cleverly interwoven personal and fictional aspects of it added a definitive singular actress element to these stories. For writing and showmanship both this novel gets all the highest compliments and a glowing recommendation. Footstep right up, an unforgettable visit to Lima, Indiana awaits. Lovely. Awesome. Pure magic. ...more
The Circus In Wintertime is a thoughtful collection of interwoven stories that come up together the more y'all read. While some of the figures are left as caricatures, a few are fully fleshed out with comic, disturbing, or heartbreaking narrative. The terminal piece is a beautiful meditation on what information technology's like to exit the small town you grew upwards in. The Circus In Winter is a thoughtful collection of interwoven stories that come together the more you lot read. While some of the figures are left as caricatures, a few are fully fleshed out with comic, disturbing, or heartbreaking narrative. The final piece is a beautiful meditation on what it's like to go out the small-scale town you grew upward in. ...more
A series of interconnected brusque stories, this collection is more about a pocket-size town in Indiana than a circus. Yes, at 1 point in the town's history, the circus did wintertime there, only that hook is never given the space and room it deserves. Honestly, the premise could take been anything. There'southward naught that makes the circus a necessity, which is a problem when that's the supposedly unifying element of a short story collection.Equally for the stories themselves, they're slap-up. But they aren't grea
A series of interconnected short stories, this collection is more than about a small town in Indiana than a circus. Yes, at one point in the boondocks's history, the circus did winter there, but that hook is never given the space and room it deserves. Honestly, the premise could have been anything. There's zero that makes the circus a necessity, which is a problem when that's the supposedly unifying element of a short story collection.Every bit for the stories themselves, they're great. But they aren't cracking. I lived in Indiana for a few years, and other than a brief comment nearly the atmospheric condition and how utterly depressing wintertime can be, there'southward zilch in the book that captures Indiana'due south unique character.
Another problem, for me, was lack of character multifariousness (by which I mean personality). In the concluding story, in that location's a annotate about there being two types of people: those who stay and those who leave. The Circus in Wintertime is entirely about people who want to leave (and in some cases, do leave). There's no try to go into the mind of someone who wants to stay, which leaves the stories as mostly being about miserable people who want to leave a small town, which once had a circus in information technology but doesn't anymore.
Information technology's not a bad read, just I was looking frontward to stories nearly well, the circus in winter. I'grand not a fan of stories centering on dysfunctional small-town American life. People who do relish will probably enjoy The Circus in Winter. Fans of books about circuses should stay away. Quasi-recommended.
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I finally finished information technology...what a LONG read. This book read similar a mishmash of weird nonfiction and not like the fiction information technology is. I had high hopes for this book but was sadly disappointed. The storyline jumped all over the place which made it difficult to follow. Some of the stories were good or interesting but overall this book is lackluster.
I went into this book with little to no expectations. The plot was interesting, sure, merely this was more a book I wanted to get through to get to the other side, so I could interview the Brawl State group working to plough its themes into a musical.Talk about a fantastic surprise to have discovered such a gem of short stories. Obviously these are all the more poignant to me since I'm a Hoosier (and Day herself grew up in Peru, Ind., the town not besides far away from me that, at the turn of the century,
I went into this book with little to no expectations. The plot was interesting, sure, but this was more a book I wanted to get through to go to the other side, so I could interview the Ball State group working to turn its themes into a musical.Talk about a fantastic surprise to take discovered such a gem of short stories. Obviously these are all the more poignant to me since I'k a Hoosier (and Mean solar day herself grew upwardly in Peru, Ind., the boondocks not too far abroad from me that, at the turn of the century, was home to the very circus she based these stories on). What I didn't wait was how great the characters in each story would be — from Jennie Dixianna, the beautiful acrobat whose Spin of Death captivated audiences, to Hans Hofstadter, whose evil handling of animals he cared for would backlash on him in the worst way, I loved every one of them. Rich, layered characters in stories that all, in some mode, interconnected with one another in the crazy web that was circus life.
It's obvious Cathy Solar day loosely painted herself every bit ane (or more) of these characters, a female protagonist who longs to leave the tiny town she grew upwardly in. But what I loved about her writing is how she didn't leave usa with just a snarky/stark-y portrayal of our state. No, she brought the story full circle and it was in the closing affiliate, with a passage that independent these lines, where I decided I loved this book:
"It's taken me a long time to effigy out ane very simple matter: The globe is made up of hometowns. It's merely equally hard to leave a metropolis block in Brooklyn or a suburb of Chicago as it is to get out a small town in Indiana. And only because it was hard to leave Linden Avenue in Flatbush or the Naperville city limits or Lima doesn't mean you can't ever go back."
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This is i of the well-nigh unique books I've read in years. The book is comprised of a collection of stories of several characters, whose stories all intertwine by the end of the book. (With the exception of one story, "The Lone Star Cowboy," which just relates to a story near the offset of the book.) I am in awe of how Day introduced each graphic symbol and how each one impacts the lives of all of the others. Each story can hands stand on its own, which is refreshing in its own correct.Overall, the s
This is ane of the well-nigh unique books I've read in years. The book is comprised of a collection of stories of several characters, whose stories all intertwine by the end of the volume. (With the exception of one story, "The Lone Star Cowboy," which merely relates to a story most the kickoff of the book.) I am in awe of how Day introduced each character and how each 1 impacts the lives of all of the others. Each story tin easily stand on its own, which is refreshing in its own right.Overall, the stories are all very sad, very much depicting the realities of life and not those that yous read of in other works of fiction. There is no main character, per se, just rather a town (Lima, Indiana) which is the focal point of the book. I am impressed with how Twenty-four hour period adult each graphic symbol's relationship with the boondocks and how that affects each grapheme's consequence.
This truly is a wonderful book that I will recommend to many friends. Comport in mind, though, that this a very emotional read and that picking up this book will not, necessarily, be a walk in the park.
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I originally heard about this book while heed to NPR several years ago. The author read an exerpt from a chapter about a flood hitting Lima, IN. Lima is where the circus stayed in the winter. I was excited to finally find the book and was eager to read the other chapters. Day read a scene in which an elephant was seeking safety along side the house of a circus worker as the water keep to rising. The elephant had stretched its trunk upwards and into the house in an attempt to keep to breath an I originally heard about this book while mind to NPR several years ago. The writer read an exerpt from a chapter nearly a overflowing hitting Lima, IN. Lima is where the circus stayed in the wintertime. I was excited to finally notice the book and was eager to read the other chapters. Day read a scene in which an elephant was seeking rubber along side the house of a circus worker equally the h2o continue to ascension. The elephant had stretched its trunk up and into the house in an effort to continue to breath and anchor itself again the h2o.Just what started off equally the tale of what happens to a circus when non traveling the state, turned into a historical overview of what happened after the circus stopped traveling and how intertwined the lives and legacies of the original circus crew was with Lima. As the story gets further and further away from the original group of characters, I grew tired of trying to figure out how they were all related and traced back to the start of the story.
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I might say 4 and a half stars really. The stories in this book transcend the fantastical setting of circus life and are woven together within universal themes of of humanity. I found myself incredibly moved by each story and additionally relating to them every bit well. As a person who as well ran screaming from my hometown, the last ii stories resonated with me particularly loudly. It is and so hard to leave one's hometown and even more than difficult to ever go back. I feel a connection to mine and at I might say four and a one-half stars actually. The stories in this volume transcend the fantastical setting of circus life and are woven together within universal themes of of humanity. I constitute myself incredibly moved by each story and additionally relating to them besides. Equally a person who too ran screaming from my hometown, the last ii stories resonated with me specially loudly. It is and so difficult to leave one's hometown and even more difficult to ever go dorsum. I feel a connectedness to mine and at the same fourth dimension know that I don't fit in there at all, nor would I ever want to. The narrators of these two stories capture these sentiments beautifully. ...more than
I really enjoyed this volume. The author is very creative, imaginative and has provided a well written book. This book helped me to escape to another world and I felt I was in the story with the characters. I loved that the book was a series of different stories. Even though they were different stories they still tied in together under a common theme. Existence a native Hoosier I felt I could sympathise with the author regarding the cold, gray dreary winters and flat landscape of Indiana.
This beautifully written book contains many interwoven stories that all somehow chronicle to a circus that "wintered" in Lima IN beginning in the late 1800s. While short stories are not my thing, this book weaves them all together and then that it's not really curt stories at all, only about like listening to an elderly relative tell you stories about the by. Highly entertaining.
I was halfway into this volume earlier I realized it was more than of a collection of short stories than an actual novel. It was probably one of the more depressing books I've ever read. I estimate in a way that's understandable. Other books I've read on the circus such as H2o for Elephants have highlighted what a tough life circus people actually live. At that place's a bit of glamour and celebrity just lots and lots of backbreaking work and impecuniousness in this way of life. I as well had a hard time liking the many of I was halfway into this book earlier I realized it was more of a collection of brusque stories than an actual novel. It was probably one of the more depressing books I've ever read. I guess in a manner that's understandable. Other books I've read on the circus such as Water for Elephants have highlighted what a tough life circus people actually live. There's a bit of glamour and celebrity but lots and lots of backbreaking work and impecuniousness in this way of life. I also had a difficult time liking the many of the characters, no brand that any of the characters. Other authors I've enjoyed more seem to make a hard life story enjoyable, not this author.
What elevated it to three stars for me was learning about the history of a nearby small-scale town, Peru, Indiana. Day did an excellent task of showing united states of america the ins and outs of this unique Indiana small town. She likewise revealed the strengths and weaknesses of all such places, merely seemed to dwell more on the weaknesses than the strengths. For someone who has spent her whole life living in a variety of small Indiana towns, the wheels of my mind are yet turning. ...more
In a small boondocks in Indiana, a circus winters every winter from 1884 to 1939. Generations of circus performers live and die in the town and their lives become intertwined.This book has been on my shelf for a couple years and I finally had time to read it. I can honestly say this book is...odd. I'm remember I was expecting more than fact mixed with the fiction but short stories that are told out of guild to show how they are all connected was not exactly enjoyable.
Although based effectually circus performers,
In a small town in Indiana, a circus winters every wintertime from 1884 to 1939. Generations of circus performers live and dice in the town and their lives become intertwined.This book has been on my shelf for a couple years and I finally had time to read it. I can honestly say this book is...odd. I'm think I was expecting more than fact mixed with the fiction but short stories that are told out of society to evidence how they are all connected was non exactly enjoyable.
Although based around circus performers, there is fiddling well-nigh what life was like. Prepare in Indiana, the story doesn't show what the state is like. Yep, it mentions long, gray winters and how depressing it can be, simply in that location is more to Indiana than that. Even if the stories with couples' experiences with sexual practice, this is non written in a way I would enjoy.
I did appreciate the details that were pulled from history: the elephant who killed its handler and the flood that devastated the area. Those stories were told in grim particular that lept from the page for me.
Those looking for a book inspired past real life just non tied to fact might enjoy this one more than.
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Parts of this I enjoyed, and other sections were a piddling flat to me. All the female characters are angry or bitter or both, and the only happy couple in this volume happens to be the pinhead family. Everybody else is "trapped" in sad, dismal marriages. It gets a scrap repetitive. I felt similar the author's definition of circus and non circus folk was sort of dizzy. If yous want to stay in one identify- fine, merely you'll finish upwardly bored to tears in a loveless matrimony with a person who is as distant as the hello Parts of this I enjoyed, and other sections were a picayune flat to me. All the female characters are angry or biting or both, and the merely happy couple in this book happens to be the pinhead family. Everybody else is "trapped" in deplorable, dismal marriages. It gets a bit repetitive. I felt like the writer'southward definition of circus and non circus folk was sort of silly. If you want to stay in ane place- fine, but you'll end upwards bored to tears in a loveless marriage with a person who is as distant every bit the hills while your children shoot each other in the barn. Your other option is to exist a circus wanderer, and be subjected to whoring, thieving, boozing, and death by strange accidents. Take your option, sugar, cause either way the stories are a little more sad than vibrant. I like bittersweet, but I'd have liked a touch more than of the sweet in here. I think the best of the book is the beginning, and the character Jennie Dixianna. Afterwards that there's but too many broken dreams and distressing ass relationships. More sense of humour may take helped. ...more
This was an interesting story of a boondocks in Indiana and the circus folk that came to winter there. The book spans 100 years and connects the lives of some of these interesting and well developed characters. The author's final chapter is a wonderful summary. I liked the words "...my female parent told me there are basically two kinds of people in the world: town people and circus people. The kind who stay are town people and the kind who leave are circus people." She goes on to say, " At the college wher This was an interesting story of a town in Indiana and the circus folk that came to winter there. The volume spans 100 years and connects the lives of some of these interesting and well developed characters. The author's final chapter is a wonderful summary. I liked the words "...my mother told me there are basically 2 kinds of people in the globe: town people and circus people. The kind who stay are town people and the kind who go out are circus people." She goes on to say, " At the college where I teach, I am surrounded by circus people...No identify is dwelling. Every place is abode. Domicile is our stuff." ...more
This book of related brusk stories follows the lineage of different circus characters to modern solar day - from the man who brings in the circus to a afar relative who runs boot and screaming from her hometown. CIRCUS creates a magic about heritage (through characters, through unlike families, through stories in the story) that later questions itself and, eventually, asks the reader to consider what magic could be in their ain hometown.
What a precious stone! I picked this book up at a Little Gratis Library, knowing cipher virtually it only liking the cover. I'grand so glad I did. It'southward a collection of interrelated stories about a circus and people of the small boondocks where it winters. It is fiction, only very much based on a real circus. The stories ring true. The writing is interesting: chapters/stories are presented in unlike styles that set them apart.Definitely a fun read and I recommend it!
What a gem! I picked this book up at a Little Free Library, knowing null about information technology just liking the comprehend. I'1000 so glad I did. It'south a collection of interrelated stories about a circus and people of the small town where it winters. It is fiction, but very much based on a real circus. The stories band truthful. The writing is interesting: chapters/stories are presented in different styles that prepare them apart.Definitely a fun read and I recommend it!
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really magical circus stories. I read this a couple winters ago just after having watched HBO'southward Carnivale, which is itself an enchanted and twisted tale. really magical circus stories. I read this a couple winters ago just after having watched HBO's Carnivale, which is itself an enchanted and twisted tale. ...more
this collection of related short stories is woven together quite cleverly,
giving the reader a grand feast, one tidbit at a time.
It had enchanting prose and took place in Indiana, but there was way besides much sex/profanity/violence/etc for me to finish this.
Rather than a traditional novel, this engrossing and gorgeously written volume is a collection of connected stories that accept place in Lima (pronounced with a long "i", as in the edible bean), Indiana, winter dwelling to a circus that travels throughout the country for most of the year. Covering a period of time that spans the late 19th century to the first of the 21st, the stories introduce us not only to people who are involved with the Great Porter Circus—the possessor whose married woman dies early on in their marri
Rather than a traditional novel, this engrossing and gorgeously written book is a collection of connected stories that take place in Lima (pronounced with a long "i", as in the bean), Indiana, wintertime home to a circus that travels throughout the country for about of the year. Covering a catamenia of time that spans the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st, the stories introduce us not just to people who are involved with the Great Porter Circus—the owner whose married woman dies early in their wedlock (it happens early on on, so this isn't much of a spoiler), the married woman of the evidence's manager who has most rooms of their house painted with the artwork of various sideshow banners, and the clown who accidentally kills a swain clown during a performance that goes awry, to name a few—simply also their descendants who may or may non recall the circus, which becomes a casualty of the Great Low only whose legends live on.
This is frequently a heartbreaking book; there is much sadness, loneliness, and bitterness among the characters, and the treatment of the circus animals—generally peripheral to the plot—is hard to bear; a 1913 inundation in the town that results in the deaths of many animals, including the big cats and ane elephant who tries to survive, is a particularly upsetting chapter/story. Running like a thread through many of the stories is the instance of Caesar, the bull elephant who kills his trainer; the extenuating circumstances and ultimate truth of this activeness are forgotten over time, although Caesar is still remembered in the town museum with a paper clipping almost his ugly and wrongfully vengeful death that includes a photo of him, just also with an elephant skull that isn't his.
Although I am no fan of circuses these days (although I loved the acrobats when I was a kid), I establish this book affecting and its characters compelling and often sympathetic; winter—a season I honey—is portrayed every bit another grapheme, harshly living on the sidelines. Notwithstanding, whenever I read the words that end each circus performance, which besides grace the tombstone of Ollie, the hapless ane-time clown who is blest at nascence by the gentle bear upon of a circus elephant and whose female parent is told that he will live to be a hundred (which he does...just), I found myself tearing upwardly: May all your days exist circus days.
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3 1/2 stars. This was a book I'm glad I read, simply I was surprised that I actually finished information technology since I put it down more than than in one case. A series of haunting interconnected short stories near a fictional version of the author's small town in Indiana, the overall mood is i of dreariness and depression. The book is written equally if information technology is a truthful documentation of the lives of people who are either related or connected by the circus that winters in the town of Lima, Indiana, get-go in 1884 and ending in 3 1/2 stars. This was a book I'thousand glad I read, merely I was surprised that I really finished it since I put it down more than than once. A series of haunting interconnected short stories nearly a fictional version of the writer's small town in Indiana, the overall mood is one of dreariness and depression. The book is written equally if it is a true documentation of the lives of people who are either related or connected by the circus that winters in the town of Lima, Indiana, kickoff in 1884 and ending in the present solar day. Having undertaken an enormous corporeality of research on the history of the circus, the author incorporates fictional characters seemingly stuck in this town, in the circus, and/or in their sad lives. I just happened to have read Truevine by Beth Macy last year, which is mostly a history of the origins of the circus from freak bear witness to animals and acrobatic acts. Much of the circus groundwork was familiar to me from Macy's volume, which interestingly too has a pervasive feeling of sadness, mostly because of how the circus driveling people by marketing them as freaks. The difference between the two books is vast. While Circus author Cathy Day has apparently researched the topic every bit well as Truevine author Macy, I found myself caring nigh Mean solar day'southward characters, even the elephants. They seemed so existent while Macy'due south characters, who actually did be, were lost in the forest of facts and never seemed 3-dimensional.
Despite the depressing mood and unhappy characters, The Circus in Wintertime is uniquely and admirably written. Heartbreaking and dark. Not for everyone.
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I love books about the circus and this was a actually good i.
The Circus in Winter is a serial of connected tales most circus performers and their children and spans several generations in a pocket-size Indiana town chosen Lima where the circus winters at. Although the stories were very dark and tragic, this book was nonetheless page turning for me.
One of my favorite quotes from this book and ane that spoke personally to me was,
"When I was little, my mother told me in that location are basically two kinds of I love books well-nigh the circus and this was a actually adept one.
The Circus in Winter is a serial of connected tales nearly circus performers and their children and spans several generations in a pocket-sized Indiana town called Lima where the circus winters at. Although the stories were very nighttime and tragic, this book was all the same folio turning for me.
One of my favorite quotes from this book and one that spoke personally to me was,
"When I was footling, my mother told me in that location are basically 2 kinds of people in the world: town people and circus people. The kind who stay are town people, and the kind who leave are circus people." I judge I'thousand a circus person...
Some other quote I really liked was, "The globe is made up of hometowns. It's merely as difficult to exit a city block in Brooklyn or a suburb of Chicago as it is to leave a pocket-sized town in Indiana. And just because it was hard to leave Linden Avenue in Flatbush or the Naperville city limits or Lima doesn't mean y'all can't e'er go back." This one has taken me a long time to figure out... ...more 
Great semi-fictional menstruation piece novel near the golden era of the traveling circus shows at the turn of the 20th century. Information technology takes place in the fictional small town of Lima, Indiana which is based on my hometown of Peru, Indiana (Not certain why the author inverse the name of the town when every other neighboring boondocks in the book is mentioned by it'due south real proper noun.) The story involves a human who becomes widowed and buys, runs and houses a circus in the country outskirts near his small hometown. Smashing Corking semi-fictional period piece novel nearly the gilt era of the traveling circus shows at the turn of the 20th century. It takes place in the fictional small boondocks of Lima, Indiana which is based on my hometown of Peru, Indiana (Not certain why the author inverse the name of the town when every other neighboring boondocks in the book is mentioned by information technology'due south existent name.) The story involves a man who becomes widowed and buys, runs and houses a circus in the state outskirts near his small hometown. Dandy revolving stories of the various circus performers with vivid and semi-historically accurate descriptions of the background life'south of the performers and the life and decease of the many circus companies that were financially prosperous or went bankrupt traveling across the United states in the 1900's. For those of united states who grew upwardly in Republic of peru, Indiana, the circus volition ever be in our hearts and this volume beautifully reminds us how unique our pocket-sized Midwest town was. If y'all enjoyed watching the contempo hit musical film "The Greatest Showman", then y'all will probably bask this book every bit well. ...more
The Circus in Winter by Cathy Mean solar day. Continuing my fascination with stories set in a carnival or circus. I plant this gem. While it isn't as much about a circus in wintertime, it'due south more than about circus performers and their families after their time in the circus is over and how information technology'southward legacy lives on even after the big top. This quote in the book "no place is home. Every place is home." Describes how I feel virtually places better than whatsoever other description. To me home is a state of being not a specific pl The Circus in Winter by Cathy Mean solar day. Standing my fascination with stories set in a funfair or circus. I institute this gem. While it isn't as much about a circus in wintertime, it's more about circus performers and their families after their time in the circus is over and how it's legacy lives on even later the big top. This quote in the book "no place is home. Every place is habitation." Describes how I feel near places better than any other description. To me home is a state of being not a specific place and information technology seems that this conventionalities allows me to share the wandering spirit that lives on in their children's children. A very interesting volume. ...more
This was gorgeous. Information technology'due south sort of a novel and it reads like fiction, just information technology feels like non-fiction and is presented equally a serial of interwoven brusque stories. This is a multi-generational story of a customs of circus people who spend their wintertime downtown in Lima, Indiana. Each individual story is and then captivating that when each one ended I forgot the whole book was non on that one story. Unusual - a clown who runs a cleaners, an elephant trainer drowned during a snowstorm by an elephant - merely however This was gorgeous. It's sort of a novel and it reads like fiction, but it feels similar non-fiction and is presented every bit a series of interwoven short stories. This is a multi-generational story of a community of circus people who spend their wintertime downtown in Lima, Indiana. Each individual story is so captivating that when each 1 concluded I forgot the whole volume was not on that one story. Unusual - a clown who runs a cleaners, an elephant trainer drowned during a snowstorm by an elephant - but still real and relatable, this volume was really a treat. ...more
When I started the book, the kickoff, maybe 1/4 ,of the stories were crawly... about the circus, its performers, its history and its winter quarters but then information technology went off to bizarre and silly stories that weren't actually related to the circus. I was quite disappointed. When I started the volume, the outset, maybe 1/4 ,of the stories were awesome... nigh the circus, its performers, its history and its winter quarters only then it went off to bizarre and light-headed stories that weren't really related to the circus. I was quite disappointed. ...more than
I thought this was pretty weak--lots of plot cliches, not enough detail, generally depressing.
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