Amanda Skenandore
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I don't think I've ever read a book about medicine traveling shows nor a woman or a doctor in 1900 traveling with one. Tucia was a single mother of a disabled son and a former doctor and in debt. She didn't trust Huey at first but needed her debt paid off so she went with him. To me, he seemed like a shyster and I think she did too.
What a cast of characters. A German giantess, a bowlegged musician, an indentured Creek poet, an Indian, etc. I was enthralled with the performances and as I got to know them, like Tucia, I began to like them even more. She also was a performer and didn't like it but what could she do, it was part of her “contract” with Huey.
I found this medicine show very interesting with the different places they set up and of course the people she interacted with there and the backstories of their lives before. It was not an easy life that's for sure.
Almost at the end when they were in Galveston, TX, a huge hurricane hit and it was chaos and thankfully Tucia was there to help others in need the way she always wanted to be as a doctor.… (mere)