Title: The language of silence
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"--
Subjects: Family secrets, Abusive men, Women circus performers, Revenge, Fiction, FICTION / Contemporary Women, FICTION / Romance / Gothic, FICTION / General, Fiction, women