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21%OFFNell Stroud - Josser: The Secret Life of a Circus Girl - 9781860496950 - V9781860496950
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Josser: The Secret Life of a Circus Girl

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Description for Josser: The Secret Life of a Circus Girl Paperback. A widely praised memoir about a young woman who dared to follow her dream Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ASZW; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.

JOSSER is the powerful and moving account of Oxford-educated Nell Stroud's life in the circus. It is also the story of the people of the circus: the trapeze artists, the clowns, the high-wire acts, the grooms, the llamas, the elephants - their commitment and expertise, their hard, marginalised, miraculous lives. Following a terrible riding accident which left her mother permanently brain-damaged, Nell ran away to the circus. What she found there was a life which became more real to her than the one she left behind. She found people who had sacrificed their lives for their art, who worked in ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Virago Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781860496950
SKU
V9781860496950
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

About Nell Stroud
Nell Stroud was born in Oxford in 1973. She studied English Literature at the university before leaving to join the circus. This is her first book.

Reviews for Josser: The Secret Life of a Circus Girl
A dream book
THE BOOKSELLER
She did something we all dream of doing. Her book is a brave attempt to keep this dream alive
Dea Birkett
Above all Stroud has written an elegy for the circus and its traditions...We are lucky to have the record of this book
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
JOSSER is a ... Read more

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