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. There, she discovers unexpected friends, learns how to cook, dance, and love -- across language barriers.
Authors
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- CaOOCEL
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- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 791.3092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781770907300 9781770412521
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- GV1811.C74
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- A3 2015eb
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (390 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)kck00236080 (OCoLC)897576527 (CaOOCEL)467928
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Love in the Elephant Tent 1
- Prologue: Nomads 8
- Chapter One: Out The Door 12
- Chapter Two: The Boy In Blue 23
- Chapter Three: Letting Go 42
- Chapter Four: Holding On 51
- Chapter Five: All That Glitters 57
- Chapter Six: Elephant Rash and Other Risks 66
- Chapter Seven: In The Land of Matadors 77
- Chapter Eight: The Gift 85
- Chapter Nine: Love in the Elephant Tent 92
- Chapter Ten: Welcome to Italy 104
- Chapter Eleven: Wealth to Trash Collectors and Gypsies 119
- Chapter Twelve: Pretty Girls Are Always Ballerine 123
- Chapter Thirteen: Lions and Tigers and Bears — and Sharks? 129
- Chapter Fourteen: Moving In 139
- Chapter Fifteen: Sounds of the Wild Kingdom 147
- Chapter Sixteen: Rasta 155
- Chapter Seventeen: Animal Rights and Wrongs 163
- Chapter Eighteen: How Different Could It Be From Riding a Horse? 177
- Chapter Nineteen: Building Blocks 188
- Chapter Twenty: Big Top Blues 195
- Chapter Twenty-One: How Different Could It Be From Riding an Ostrich? 206
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Sfigata 220
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Swimming With Sharks 234
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Presenting Miss Kathleen From California 245
- Chapter Twenty-Five: The Homecoming 256
- Chapter Twenty-Six: Pressure 263
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Riding The Painted Ponies 269
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: L'Artista Napolitano 277
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Marilena 288
- Chapter Thirty: Mamma Mia 295
- Chapter Thirty-One: La Dolce Vita 302
- Chapter Thirty-Two: In the Quiet of the Night 305
- Chapter Thirty-Three: The Balancing Act 315
- Chapter Thirty-Four: Breaking the Elephant's Back 321
- Chapter Thirty-Five: If You Don't Feed Love, It Starves 339
- Chapter Thirty-Six: Boiling Water 345
- Chapter Thirty-Seven: Three Weeks In October 356
- Chapter Thirty-Eight: Fail 362
- Chapter Thirty-Nine: Buried Treasure 368
- Chapter Forty: Full Circle 377
- Epilogue: A Recipe For Life 387
- Author's Note: Giving Back 392
- Acknowledgments 395
- Photos 398
- Copyright 406
