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Ellen Baker

Biography

Ellen Baker

Ellen Baker is the author of novels THE HIDDEN LIFE OF CECILY LARSON, KEEPING THE HOUSE and I GAVE MY HEART TO KNOW THIS. She has worked as a bookseller and event coordinator at an independent bookstore. Originally from the Upper Midwest, she currently lives in Maine.

Ellen Baker

Books by Ellen Baker

by Ellen Baker - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson’s mother reluctantly drops her off at an orphanage in Chicago. Three years later, Cecily is sold to a traveling circus to perform as the “little sister” to glamorous bareback rider Isabelle DuMonde. But as the years go by, the cracks in her little world begin to show. And when teenage Cecily meets and falls in love with a young roustabout named Lucky, she finds her life thrown onto an entirely unexpected --- and dangerous --- course. In 2015, Cecily is now 94 and living a quiet life in Minnesota. But when her family decides to surprise her with an at-home DNA test, the unexpected results not only bring to light the tragic love story that Cecily has kept hidden for decades but also throw into question everything about the family she has raised and claimed as her own for nearly 70 years.

by Ellen Baker - Fiction

Ellen Baker's new novel is a sweeping multigenerational saga of the searing power of war, memory, friendship and family.