"…Abounds with warmth, charm, and colorful characters. A delightful story of a girl's coming of age."—Irene Freeman, author of Edsel Dreams

"…A wonderful character-driven story of life in a carnival. A good read."—Tom Baldwin, author of Firestorms

"Dancing in Circles by Debra Tash is an afternoon sitting on the porch swing enjoying the breeze...the book is worth a look."—Alicia Cathers, Roundtable Reviews

"I certainly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for something that will leave them with a warm fuzzy feeling."—Suzanne Claud, BookIdeas.com

"Debra Tash has crafted a saga of complexity, freshness, and inspiration. Dancing in Circles kept me glued to the page hoping that Minnie and Alfredo would be able to reach beyond the walls that kept them apart and find love. I hope that Ms. Tash continues to share her profound insight into the human soul with us."—Dena, Fallen Angels Review

"Young and old alike will delight in Dancing in Circles, and if you don’t like it…well, since I don’t have a hat to eat, I'll dance a jig…in circles."—Tina Burns, The Road to Romance

"...A terrific story. The characters are delightful."—Judy Cook, The Romance Studio

There comes a season when a person's life changes, like the spring greening in the great San Joaquin Valley, kind of an aching promise of birth. It happened in the spring for me; the very beginning edge of it, in fact—1952. After a month of gray mornings, I could well imagine the tulle fog that still haunted Bakersfield. The cool cloudy vapor would settle in every night and last beyond the dawn. It would lay gray tendrils over the city streets, wrapping itself around the old Beale clock tower at 17th and Chester.

I tried my best to oversleep one foggy March morning as the new day inched toward six-thirty. But I just lay awake staring out the window and watching the gray wisps swirl beyond the streaked pane glass. My three sisters had already dressed and gone off to school. I'd graduated from Bakersfield High the year before, having gone to extra classes two summers in a row.