The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore

“He didn’t know how to hate unless he had something to love.” For twenty years, the Palomas and the Corbeaus have been rivals and enemies, locked in an escalating feud for over a generation. Both families make their living as traveling performers in competing shows—the Palomas swimming in mermaid exhibitions, the Corbeaus, former tightrope walkers,…