Mirette On The High Wire

One day, a sad, mysterious stranger arrives at the boardinghouse of the widow Gateau. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn't know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini - master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear and it is she who must teach him courage once again. Hardcover.