• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Under the Canvas: A Novel of the Traveling Circus

Under the Canvas: A Novel of the Traveling Circus

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN13: 9798247677833
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 10 2026
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
People came to the circus for wonder and left carrying memory.

In a time when the world felt uncertain and the road never stood still, a traveling circus moved from town to town-raising its tent, lighting the dark, and offering something rare: a place to gather, to breathe, to believe.

From trapeze artists and animal caretakers to bookkeepers, riggers, and children watching wide-eyed from the crowd, every voice carries a story of how they arrived, what they endured, and what the circus meant when everything else felt fragile.

Set against the backdrop of hard historical years, this is not a story about spectacle-it is a story about care, memory, and the quiet bravery of people who choose to create beauty even when permanence is impossible.

Told with lyrical restraint and rich sensory detail, Under the Canvas explores how fleeting moments become lifelong anchors, and how wonder-shared briefly-can sustain us for decades.

This is a novel for readers who cherish atmosphere, intimacy, and stories that feel lived-in rather than performed.

Also from

Harlowe, Scarlett

Also in

General Fiction