The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson

🎪𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗🎪

Thank you Mariner Books for this gifted copy.

Sweeping through a long period of contemporary history, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 is an immersive, compelling, and entertaining family drama centered around one remarkable woman and her determination to survive.

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson’s mother reluctantly drops her off at an orphanage in Chicago, promising to be back once she’s made enough money to support both Cecily and herself. But she never returns, and shortly after high-spirited Cecily turns seven, she is sold to a traveling circus to perform as the “little sister” to glamorous bareback rider Isabelle DuMonde. With Isabelle and the rest of the circus, Cecily finally feels she’s found the family she craves. But as the years go by, the cracks in her little world begin to show. And when teenage Cecily meets and falls in love with a young roustabout named Lucky, she finds her life thrown onto an entirely unexpected—and dangerous—course.

In 2015, Cecily is now 94 and living a quiet life in Minnesota, with her daughter, granddaughter, and great-grandson. But when her family decides to surprise her with an at-home DNA test, the unexpected results not only bring to light the tragic love story that Cecily has kept hidden for decades but also throw into question everything about the family she’s raised and claimed as her own for nearly seventy years. Cecily and everyone in her life must now decide who they really are and what family—and forgiveness—really mean.

💬𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀?🦒

AOTD: I am pretty sure it was when my son was a toddler until the other day when I devoured the bag that came with this book. Now I need to go to the grocery store and get a ton more, because I really forgot how good they were.😂