Home of the American Circus

De: Allison Larkin

Narrado por: Julia Whelan

The acclaimed author of the “lyrical coming-of-age novel” (Good Morning America) The People We Keep returns with a luminous contemporary women’s fiction story about strong female characters, family estrangement, found family, and the transformative power of redemption.

It’s been ten years since Freya Arnalds left a goodbye note on her parents’ kitchen table and fled her hometown of Somers, New York, driving up the coast to disappear into a lackluster life as a bartender in Maine. But, on the cusp of her thirtieth birthday, when an emergency leaves her short on rent, Freya returns to Somers to live in the derelict house she inherited after her parents’ untimely death, and soon discovers that her fifteen-year-old niece, Aubrey, is secretly living there.

Despite all attempts to lay low in her old town, Freya reunites with childhood friends, encounters familial enemies, and stokes old flames while she fights to stay afloat and give her niece a better life than the one she’s had. As they reconnect, Freya and Aubrey learn to lean on each other, working to restore the house and come to terms with the devastating events that pulled them apart years ago.

Set in the birthplace of the American circus, this deeply moving novel examines the mythology of a broken family, the weight of the past, and the complicated journey of finding home.

Another extraordinary book by Allison Larkin!!!

Home of the American Circus is an incredible story with unforgettable characters that are easy to fall in love with and root for!!

🎵🎵🎶🎵 BAKED ON CHEESE! 🎶🎶🎵

what amazing and gutwrenching and loving, beautiful, silently loving. I thoroughly enjoyed listening and will definitely listen multiple times again. highly recommend.

Beautiful

I am crying! Such a beautiful book. I really love this author. She is so real. This book made me laugh and cry. You can tell she truly writes from her heart. And as always I will listen to anything Ms. Whelan narrates.

Beautiful storytelling

This story takes you in immediately and keeps you not wanting to put it down. I will listen to anything read by Julia Whelan as she is spectacular at her craft but when it’s something this easy to read, it’s all that more enjoyable. This story gives hope, pain and growth all in one and I look forward to her next book.

Beautiful and Sad

Freya lives with her whole heart. It’s sad she was treated so badly as a child.