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The final confession of Mabel Stark
a novel
By Hough, Robert
- ISBN
- 978-0-87113-870-5
- Publisher
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2003], c2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
Hough's debut novel, winner of Canada's Trillium Book Award, is a fictionalized biography of legendary female tiger trainer Mabel Stark, whose act astounded circus audiences in the Twenties and Thirties. After fleeing a Kentucky mental institution where she had been committed for failure to fulfill her marital obligations, young Mary Aganosticus hid from authorities by joining the circus. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
