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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 540 pages. The Little Shadows revolves around three sisters i n the world of vaudeville before and during the First World War. We follow the lives of all three in turn: Aurora, the eldest and most beautiful, who is sixteen when the book opens; thoughtful Cl over, a year younger; and the youngest sister, joyous, headstrong sprite Bella, who is thirteen. The girls, overseen by their fond but barely coping Mama, are forced to make their living as a sin ging act after the untimely death of their father. They begin wit h little besides youth and hope, but Marina Endicott's genius is to show how the three girls slowly and steadily evolve into true artists even as they navigate their way to adulthood among a cast of extraordinary characters some of them charming charlatans, so me of them unpredictable eccentrics, and some of them just ordina ry seeming humans with magical gifts. Using her gorgeous prose an d extraordinary insight, Endicott lures us onto the brightly lit stage and then into the little shadows that lurk behind the curta in, and reveals how the art of vaudeville in all its variety, mad ness, melodrama, hilarity and sorrow echoes the art of life itsel f. Seller Inventory # 2396l
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 'The Little Shadows' follows three sisters into the backstage world of Polite Vaudeville before and during the WWI. Overseen by their fond but barely coping Mama, the sisters (Aurora, 16, the eldest and most clever; thoughtful Clover, 15, and the youngest, the joyous, headstrong Bella, 13) set out to make their living as a singing act after the untimely death of their father. With little in their favour save youth and hope, the sisters navigate their way to adulthood among a cast of extraordinary charmers, charlatans, ruffians and impresarios-and once in a rare while, a true star with transcendent gifts. From the brightly lit stage into the little shadows that lurk behind the curtain, the art of vaudeville-in all its variety, madness, melodrama, hilarity and sorrow-echoes the art of life itself. 540 pages. Seller Inventory # 1547185