01916cam a2200301 i 4500 1843537345 TxAuBib 20250103120000.0 161104s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781617734496 paperback 1617734497 paperback (OCoLC)962008265 TxAuBib rda Wiseman, Ellen Marie. The life she was given / Ellen Marie Wiseman. New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2017] ©2017. viii, 356 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes reading group guide. "On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn't allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She's never even ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists it's for Lilly's own protection, that people would be afraid if they saw her. But on this unforgettable night, Lilly is taken outside for the first time--and sold to the circus sideshow. More than two decades later, nineteen-year-old Julia Blackwood has inherited her parents' estate and horse farm. For Julia, home was an unhappy place full of strict rules and forbidden rooms, and she hopes that returning might erase those painful memories. Instead, she becomes immersed in a mystery involving a hidden attic room and photos of circus scenes featuring a striking young girl...It will fall to Julia to learn the truth about Lilly's fate and her family's shocking betrayal, and find a way to make Blackwood Manor into a place of healing at last."--Dust jacket. 20250103. Circus Fiction. Inheritance and succession Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft