"This is the happiest story in the world with the saddest ending," writes Elizabeth McCracken in her powerful, inspiring memoir. A prize-winning, successful novelist in her 30s, McCracken was happy to be an itinerant writer ...

As a teenager, Mose Sharp goes into vaudeville after the death of his sister. He takes up with Rocky Carter, and as Carter and Sharp they find fame and fortune as comedians on the circuit. McCracken's novel explores not only the compl...

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