The language of silence
By: Peggy Webb
Edition: First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781451684810
Subjects: Family secrets; Abusive men; Women circus performers; Revenge; Fiction
Description: "Nobody in the family, except Aunt Ruth, talks about Ellen's grandmother Lola, who had been swallowed up by the circus then spit out as a woman who tamed tigers and got away scot free for killing her husband. Just as no one talks about the bruises Ellen can't hide"--