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    The Bounce

    By Betsy Tobin

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    From the award-winning author of BONE HOUSE...An extraordinary novel of love, death and lions, set in the glamorous and squalid circus world of London in the 1870s. Nineteen-year-old Nathan crosses the Atlantic in search of the mother who abandoned him as a young child. He takes a job in a circus south of the Thames, where he is quickly caught in a complex web of desire. THE BOUNCE is gripping, vivid, powerfully evocative: a stunning story of mothers and sons, rejection and belonging, and the treacherous pull of love.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAccent Press
    Release dateDec 16, 2014
    ISBN9781681465807
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    The Bounce
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    Betsy Tobin

    Betsy Tobin is the acclaimed author of four novels: BONE HOUSE, short-listed for the Commonwealth Prize and winner of a Herodotus Prize in America, THE BOUNCE, ICE LAND, and CRIMSON CHINA, a BBC Radio 4 Book-At-Bedtime and shortlisted for Epic Romantic Novel of the Year.  Her books have been published throughout Europe and North America and two have been optioned for feature film.  Betsy also writes for stage and radio, and is a past winner of the London Writers' Competition for her short story, JOYRIDE.  Born and raised in the American Midwest, she now lives in London and Wales with her husband and four children, and teaches writing with Arvon and First Story.

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      A delightful yet sad book read it quite quickly and enjoyed every page