Love in the Elephant Tent

How Running Away with the Circus Brought Me Home

By: Kathleen Cremonesi

Narrated by: Isabella Inchbald

If you live life without a net, what happens when you fall?

Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different. Determined to avoid following in her mother’s footsteps to an ill-fated marriage, Kathleen left Oregon in her early 20s to travel across Europe. On a whim, this former administrative assistant with wanderlust took a job as a dancer in an Italian circus and, working her way up, became an ostrich-riding, shark-taming showgirl.

Kathleen bonds with the exotic animals that could strike and kill at any moment, but instead bring her a peace she has never known. And when she stumbles into the arms of Stefano, the sexy elephant keeper, she finds a man who understands her wild spirit.

With thrilling prose and vivid descriptions, Kathleen takes the reader around the Mediterranean, where she discovers unexpected friends and learns how to cook, forgive, and love - across language barriers.

©2018 Kathleen Cremonesi (P)2018 ECW Press

Critic reviews

“Kathleen's journey toward self-discovery is enthralling . . . the descriptions of life in the circus, the animals, and the spectacle put on every night vividly take readers into the experience.” (Publishers Weekly)

Well Written

A beautiful heartfelt story of a young woman who finds herself and her love after years of inner turmoil. Loved it.

Great life lessons

This book took me through the turmoil of life lessons and the magic of performance life all in one sensual ride. Loved it.

captivating

I liked all of it. I do not want my words to get in the way of any reader. Just go for it. enjiy!

Lost in the story

Loved looking forward to her voice and story. I listened on the treadmill, runs and walks... can’t wait for her second book!!

Engaging at first, then tiresome

While this is an engaging and unusual life story, I tired of the back and forth of niggling relationship details. Ad nauseum potestations of “I don’t cook” seemed adolescent and uninteresting. Add to that, the narrator’s voice sounded adolescent and whiny, and nearly every sentence ended in vocal fry.