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1926: In Berlin, two sisters dared to dream of a better life – but where in this dark and dazzling city will they find their true home?
Circus of Mirrors
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After the death of their parents, sisters Leni and Annette only have each other. Desperate, but dreaming of better days, Leni finds work at a notorious cabaret: the Babylon Circus.
From the dancer’s barely-there costumes, to the glimmering mirrors that cover the walls, the Babylon Circus is where reality and fantasy merge. For Leni, it’s an overwhelming new world, and she’s happiest hiding in the shadows.
Until she meets the cabaret’s resident pianist, Paul. And so begins a tentative love affair that will play out over the next forty years. But, in a city whose divisions will define a century, can a love born within the feverish walls of the Babylon Circus ever survive? And can the bond between Leni and Annette – tugged in opposite directions of their own – also endure?
In Berlin, two sisters dared to dream of a better life – but where in this dark and dazzling city will they find their true home?
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Berlins Babylon Circus, a cabaret that shimmers and shines. Glamourous on the surface but beyond the spotlights it’s faded and tired. Clärchens Ballroom in Auguststrasse where Annette goes dancing in 1947 Berlin is real and the original ballroom still exists today.
What a world this author has created! Spotlights and cigarettes, dancing and drama. And all in a city that is lurching towards war. Although no one really knows it yet.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Circus of Mirrors
Destination/Location: Berlin Author: Julie Owen Moylan Departure: 1926
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