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A stunning multigenerational story about two teenagers Victoria who joins the circus in 1965 and her granddaughter Callie who leaves the circus fifty years later Perfect for fans of This is Us

In 1965 seventeenyearold Victoria having just escaped an unstable home flees to the ultimate place for dreamers and runawaysthe circus Specifically the VanDrexel Family Circus where among the lion tamers roustabouts and trapeze artists Victoria hopes to start a better life

Fifty years later Victorias sixteenyearold granddaughter Callie is thriving A gifted and focused tightrope walker with dreams of being a VanDrexel high wire legend just like her grandmother Callie cant imagine herself anywhere but the circus But when Callies mother accepts her dream job at an animal sanctuary in Florida just months after Victorias death Callie is forced to leave her lifelong home behind

Feeling unmoored and out of her element Callie pores over memorabilia from her familys days on the road including a box that belonged to Victoria when she was Callies age In the box Callie finds notes that Victoria wrote to herself with tips and tricks for navigating her new world Inspired by this piece of her grandmothers life Callie decides to use Victorias circus prowess to navigate the uncharted waters of public high school

Across generations Victoria and Callie embrace the challenges of starting over letting go and finding new families in unexpected places