“Maralys Wills, The Ringmaster, once again takes front and center in A Clown in the Trunk. She is followed into the sawdust ring by her usual assortment of odd characters-her family. This time, however, they are all clowns; some so peculiar and funny they make the one in the trunk look normal. If you liked her previous collection of short stories, A Circus without Elephants, you will probably gulp this one down in one sitting.”
- E. Ervin Tibbs
Author, Sunset Tomorrow
“The only way to take a trip with Maralys Wills is by armchair. All other forms of travel amount to reckless endangerment. But even in your own home, be careful you don’t bruise your funny bone.”
- Pam Tallman
Humorist and Newspaper Columnist
“Maralys Wills proves that humor can be found anywhere-from a hospital bed to a tree full of ripening plums. This second book proves that the comic wellsprings in her family never run dry.”
- Patricia Teal
Literary Agent
“Maralys Wills . . . She is clearly a force to be reckoned with.”
- Sidney Sheldon
Author, The Other Side of Midnight
“Maralys Wills reminds me of a hip 21st century Lucille Ball. An exceptional writer, she uses words deftly with the most unusual but apt similes I’ve ever bumped into. Each chapter opens with a bang and ends with a punch. I smiled, laughed, cried, and then turned the page to find out what on earth could possibly happen next.”
Betty Auchard
Author, Dancing in My Nightgown
“A Clown in the Trunk sparkles with wit and nostalgia. Wills’ memories of life with a rambunctious family range from the absurd to the poignant and her reader is constantly howling with laughter, sympathizing with an outnumbered mother, or wiping a responsive tear. Writers will particularly enjoy this book. If Wills could write under these circumstances, no writer has an excuse for not doing so.”
- Jan Murra
Author, Castoff
“. . . a wonderful, funny, sad and uplifting book.”
- Writer’s Digest (Award Winner for Life Stories)
“A Circus without Elephants proves once again that to Tolstoy, happy families are not all alike. Wills describes the highs and lows of her remarkable family with a sunny wit shadowed by the experience of tragic loss. One is left with a renewed sense of joy in the moment and of the solace of shared laughter.”
- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
Author, A Woman of Independent Means