Advance praise for THE TRAPEZE DIARIES

"Marie Carter's THE TRAPEZE DIARIES is a tour de force performance this is a writer transforming the things of daily life, the fears and struggles and unexpected glories, into weightless prose. Carter gets at the question we re all trying to get at in one way or another: how, in this heavy world, against our own mortality and terror, can we break loose and fly? How can we get around the troubles in our own hearts and make our way toward joy? Carter finds the answer, both metaphorically and physically." Maria Dahvana Headley, author of THE YEAR OF YES

"Not only the lyrical tale of one woman s love affair with the trapeze, but a powerful story on becoming brave and letting go." Carolyn Turgeon, author of RAIN VILLAGE

"A quiet meditation on loss and recovery...the narrator s poignant voice has great clarity as she explores a new life far away from home while recovering from the death of her father. This is a brave and heartwarming book." Donald Breckenridge, author of 6/2/95 and fiction editor of THE BROOKLYN RAIL...