The language of silence, Peggy Webb
Type
Label
The language of silence, Peggy Webb
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The language of silence
Oclc number
883207316
Responsibility statement
Peggy Webb
Series statement
Thorndike Press large print women's fiction
Summary
Nobody in the family talks about Ellen's grandmother, Lola, who was swallowed up by the circus and emerged as a woman who tamed tigers and got away scot-free for killing her husband. When Ellen's husband, Wayne, beats her nearly to death, she runs to the only place she knows where a woman can completely disappear -- the same Big Top that once sheltered her grandmother. Though the circus moves from one town to the next, Wayne tracks it, and Ellen, relentlessly. At the same time, Ellen learns more about her feisty, fiery relative, and the heritage that is hers for the taking -- if she dares. With her violent husband hot on her trail, Ellen must learn to stand up and fight for herself, to break the cycle of abuse, and pass down a story of love and redemption to her children