Dancing In Circles

by Debra Tash

Bakersfield, California, 1952: Minnie Capstan, afraid of change and ready to fight to hold on to her safe familiar place in her parents' overcrowded household, not only embraces change, she ends up leaving in its company. Part Yokut Indian, part Russian Jew, and on the edge of turning eighteen, Minnie will venture beyond the city limits of Bakersfield with an eccentric collection of carnies. But it isn't the carnival's owner, a lady who keeps her beloved late husband's ashes in a mayonnaise jar, that gives Minnie a reason to pick up and go. No, it's the carnival boss who has captured her interest, a handsome moody fellow with a secret that may just send her running home...

154 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2004