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The Tumbling Turner Sisters

by Juliette Fay
Gallery. Jun. 2016. 352p. ISBN 9781501134470. $24.99; ebk. ISBN 9781501134487. F
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In 1919, when their boot-stitcher father damages his hand and cannot work to support the family, the four Turner sisters decide to make it big in vaudeville. Spurred on by their mother, the young women develop an acrobatic act and dub themselves the Tumbling Turner Sisters. Their story is narrated in alternating chapters by middle sisters Gert and Winnie, although their voices are indistinct. Studious Winnie dreams of college, practices her first aid skills on the road, and finds romance with Joe, a young piano player from Boston. Gert, the most outgoing of the siblings, has always been popular with the boys but she puts herself in danger when she befriends an African American tap dancer.
VERDICT Readers will applaud these hardworking sisters. Fay's (Shelter Me) charming fourth novel pulls back the curtains to reveal the colorful lives in vaudeville.
Reviewed by Catherine Coyne, Mansfield P.L., MA , Jun 01, 2016
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