A review by tishywishy
The Life She Was Given by Ellen Marie Wiseman

3.0

I've been meaning to read this book for some time and I'm happy I got the chance. Lily is sold to the circus by her mother while Julia always found her mother distant and unloving. Julia and Lily's story come to a tumultuous peak towards the end with the author really setting the scene to be frustrating and emotional. That was well done. There are certainly some parts and reactions that made the characters seem too one dimensional and I was frustrated by the loss of a couple main characters with no definite explanations, but I enjoyed it.