An ounce of courage A leap of faith Together they propel two young women to chase a new life-one that's reimagined from what they might have become In turn-of-the-century America a young girl dreams of a world that stretches beyond the confi nes of a quiet life on the family farm With little more than her wit & a cigar box of treasures Mable steps away from all she knows seeking the limitless marvels of the Chicago World's Fair There a chance encounter triggers her destiny-a life with a famed showman by the name of John Ringling A quarter of a century later Lady Rosamund Easling boards a ship to America as a last adventure before her arranged marriage There the twenties are roaring & the rich & famous gather at opulent Gatsby-esque parties The Jazz Age has arrived & with it the golden era of the American circus whose queen is none other than the enigmatic Mable Ringling When Rosamund's path crosses with Mable's & the Ringlings' glittering world she makes the life-altering decision to leave behind a comfortable future of estates & propriety choosing instead the nomadic life of a trick rider in the Ringling Brothers' circus A novel that is at once captivating deeply poignant & swirling with exquisite historical details of a bygone world The Ringmaster's Wife will escort readers into the center ring with its bright lights exotic animals & a dazzling performance that can only be described as the Greatest Show on Earth! Vibrant with the glamour & awe that flourished under the Big Top in the 1920s The Ringmaster's Wife invites the reader into the Greatest Show on Earth -Joanne Bischof award-winning author of The Lady & the Lionheart