Written by Ellen Baker this novel, The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson is full of love, heartache and family connections.
Cecily is left behind at the orphanage when her young mother marries again to a husband that doesn't want someone else child. Though she waits three long years for her mother to come back and get her, Cecily is finally sold to a traveling circus. She learns to be a bareback rider and spends the next many years traveling back and forth across the country. She always looks out into the audience hoping to see her mother.
Now at the age of 93 after falling and breaking her hip, she is in rehab with her daughter and granddaughter looking after her. She can tell they each have secrets they are hiding and she knows that she should be sharing her secrets, but she just cannot bring herself to bring them to light.
Her grandson is working on a family tree project for his final grade in high school. Everyone spits into a test tube. They take Cecily's saliva in secret and off they all go to Ancestry. The answers will surprise everyone.
Finding out a secret from a lifetime ago can be like falling off the trapeze. You are very shaken up and it takes awhile to trust the safety net again. This is a story of family, security and trust. It is a very engaging tale.
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