Carnival Gypsy - Gilman Butters, Dorothy

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Résumé :
What would you do if you had just inherited a carnival? Well, if you are Francia and Capri Abbot you'd sell your broken-down farm and find the carnival to start running the show! Follow along as Francia and her teenage daughter face the challenges in running the Toby Brothers Traveling Show they had inherited. Francia has some experience being a retired vaudeville performer, but Capri would just love an adventure and to meet new people. There is a shady manager they must deal with, accidents happening more and more, and they are still trying to figure out what it will take to make this unique small business a success. Only the gypsy fortune teller knows!...

Biographie:
Dorothy Edith Gilman Butters started writing when she was 9. At 11, she competed against 10 to 16-year-olds in a story contest and won first place. Dorothy worked as an art teacher and telephone operator before becoming an author. She wrote children stories for more than ten years and then began writing adult novels about Mrs. Pollifax-a retired grandmother who becomes a CIA agent. The Mrs. Pollifax series made Dorothy famous. While her stories nourish people's thirst for adventure and mystery, Dorothy knows about nourishing the body as well. She used to live on a farm in Nova Scotia, where she grew medicinal herbs. Her knowledge of herbs comes through in many of her stories.

Sommaire:
Dorothy Edith Gilman Butters started writing when she was 9. At 11, she competed against 10 to 16-year-olds in a story contest and won first place. Dorothy worked as an art teacher and telephone operator before becoming an author. She wrote children stories for more than ten years and then began writing adult novels about Mrs. Pollifax-a retired grandmother who becomes a CIA agent. The Mrs. Pollifax series made Dorothy famous. While her stories nourish people's thirst for adventure and mystery, Dorothy knows about nourishing the body as well. She used to live on a farm in Nova Scotia, where she grew medicinal herbs. Her knowledge of herbs comes through in many of her stories....