Visit the Ringley mansion in Sarasota, Florida, where a writer researches the mystery of her great-grandmother's disappearance almost 100 years ago.
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Visit the Ringley mansion in Sarasota, Florida, where a writer researches the mystery of her great-grandmother's disappearance almost 100 years ago.
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The Ringmaster's Wife by Kristy Cambron made me long for a Sarasota, Florida vacation to tour the Ca d'Zan estate and museum. High-Wire Heartbreak by Anna Schmidt reinforced that desire. This book focuses on a fictional trapeze artist, Lucinda Conroy, in the late 1930s, early 1940s and her ancestors in 2022. Both stories play out against the backdrop of John and Mable Ringling's elaborate Ca d'Zan estate. The themes of betrayal and long kept secrets which can only be healed by exposing them to the light is well developed through the story's plot.
While my favorite of the two books remains The Ringmaster's Wife, High-Wire Heartbreak is a very enjoyable read which I do recommend. I am grateful to have received a complimentary copy from Barbour Publishing via NetGalley without obligation. All opinions expressed here are my own.
Tena Kay
Jan 1, 2022
An amazing trapeze act
5 stars, An amazing trapeze act
HIGH-WIRE HEARTBREAK
by Anna Schmidt
This is a dual-timeline, with Chloe, a writer from the present time and her great grandmother Lucinda, a trapeze artist from 1939. Chloe is is writing a book, with the setting at Ca'd'Zan, which is translated into THE HOUSE OF JOHN, named for John Ringling, owner of the Ringling Brother's Circus, in Sarasota, Florida. She knows her great grandmother was a circus employee of John Ringling, but there was no further information about her.
Lucinda and Nardo are a wonderful pair of trapeze artists, who are to perform for John's birthday gala.
The author weaves the two stories together, seamlessly. John's house has been preserved in the present time as a museum, it sounds fabulous. It is a 36,000 square foot home, plenty of room for relaxing and entertaining, and also plenty of secret hiding spots.
I am thankful to #barbourpublishing #barbour @barbourpublishing for the complimentary copy of #highwireheartbreak I was under no obligation to post a review. #ringling #ringlingmuseumofart #history #inspirationalfiction
