A review by imamandajulius
The Flying Circus by Susan Crandall
4.0
Thanks to Netgalley for the advance copy of this book.
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The Flying Circus follows three people in the early 1920s. They meet randomly on a rural Indiana road and decide to form a traveling circus. All three of them are running from something and they would all prefer not to tell the others.
This book is a delightful story about the meaning of family set against the time period of the roaring '20s. But instead of the glam of the city, we get to see the rural Midwest. I feel this is an area that's not often written about, especially in the 1920s, and I thought it really added to the story.
I particularly enjoyed the pacing. Crandall took the right amount of time to reveal everyone's secrets and rolled them out gradually. I would like to read more historical fiction by her.
See here for entire review.
The Flying Circus follows three people in the early 1920s. They meet randomly on a rural Indiana road and decide to form a traveling circus. All three of them are running from something and they would all prefer not to tell the others.
This book is a delightful story about the meaning of family set against the time period of the roaring '20s. But instead of the glam of the city, we get to see the rural Midwest. I feel this is an area that's not often written about, especially in the 1920s, and I thought it really added to the story.
I particularly enjoyed the pacing. Crandall took the right amount of time to reveal everyone's secrets and rolled them out gradually. I would like to read more historical fiction by her.