01960cam a2200373 i 4500 2440269412 TxAuBib 20250711120000.0 250425s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781668008416 hardcover 1668008416 hardcover (OCoLC)1517350523 TxAuBib rda Larkin, Allie, author. Home of the American circus : a novel / Allison Larkin. First Gallery Books hardcover edition. New York : Gallery Books, 2025. 426 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "After an emergency leaves her short on rent, thirty-year-old Freya Arnalds bails on her lackluster life as bartender in Maine and returns to her suburban hometown of Somers, New York, to live in the house she inherited from her estranged parents. Despite attempts to lay low, Freya encounters childhood friends, familial enemies, and old flames--as well as her fifteen-year-old niece, Aubrey, who is secretly living in the derelict home. As they reconnect, Freya and Aubrey lean on each other, working to restore the house and come to terms with the devastating events that pulled them apart years ago. Set in the birthplace of the American circus, this deeply moving novel is an exploration of broken families, the weight of the past, and the complicated journey of finding home"-- Provided by publisher. 20250711. Bartenders Fiction. Abandoned houses Fiction. Homecoming Fiction. Estranged Families Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Somers (N.Y.) Fiction. Bildungsromans. fast Domestic fiction. fast Novels. fast Romans. rvmgf