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A young girl discovers hope in a cruel world! Young Rosalie lives an unhappy existence. The dazzling glitter of the theater caravan portrays a false glory. When better known, it is revealed for what it really is: drab, boring, dull and monotonous In this setting, Rosalie lives with her deathly ill mother and unscrupulous father. Another harsh relative soon comes to dominate her life, as well. She meets other sad people too, including the disillusioned Britannia and the hard-working Betsey Ann. But sorting through these unpleasant facts of life in search of truth and the meaning of life she meets her compassionate, merciful Aunt Lucy and the sometimes charming, always loveable Mother Manikin. These women provide hope to the young girl because they point the way to the real meaning of life!

Excerpt from A Peep Behind the ScenesYet, in spite of this, and in Spite of the rain, a crowd Of Sunday idlers lingered about the fair, looking with great interest at the half-covered whirligigs and bicycles, peeping curiously into the deserted shows, and making many schemes for further enjoyment on the morrow, when the fair was once more to be in its glory.Inside the caravans the Show-people were crouching over their fires and grumbling at the weather, murmur ing at having to pay so much for the ground on which their shows were erected, at a time when they would be likely to make SO little profit.A little Old man, with a rosy, good-tempered face, was making his way across the sea of mud which divided the Shows from each other. He was evidently no idler in the fair; he had come into it that Sunday afternoon for a definite purpose, and he did not intend to leave it until it was accomplished. After crossing an almost impassable place, he climbed the steps leading to one of the caravans and knocked at the door.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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When the children run past the little caravan with it's brightly painted doors they sigh with envy. They would love to live in a caravan and spend all their time at the fairground. But they don't know what it's like behind the scenes. Rosalie who lives in the caravan knows that her life is not pretty or exciting. Life is very hard for Rosalie with a sick mother and a selfish father, she has to work late as part of the acting company.One day Rosalie and her mother meet a stranger who tells them there is more to life and gives them a picture of a shepherd holding a lamb. He tells them of the great love of Jesus who longs to look after Rosalie just as a shepherd looks after his lambs.Find out what the future holds for Rosalie. Will she trust in God? Will she find a real home? Find out for yourself as O. F. Walton gives you A Peep Behind the Scenes.

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